Variety brings word that Golden Globe nominee Guy Pearce (Prometheus, Memento, L.A. Confidential) is in talks to replace Michael Sheen on Sony’s adaptation of Valiant Entertainment’s comic Bloodshot.
The film is currently in production and Pearce was snatched up quickly as a replacement.
Diesel will be reunited with producer Neal Moritz, who he has collaborated with on both The Fast and the Furious franchise and the first xXx film.
Sheen was forced to back out of the project for scheduling conflicts.