Directors Andy and Lana Wachowski recently wrapped an incredibly ambitious adaptation of the novel Cloud Atlas, and they’re looking to set up their next project straight away. Deadline reports that Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis have been offered the leads in the sci-fi pic Jupiter Ascending for Warner Bros. Plot details are, predictably, under tight wraps, but apparently Jupiter Ascending will act as the siblings’ first major sci-fi action franchise since The Matrix. I’ve liked Tatum more and more with each subsequent film he’s been in (the guy kills in 21 Jump Street) and Kunis is unendingly charming, so I’m all for this casting choice. Hit the jump for more.

The Wachowskis had been shopping an R-rated original drama script called Colbalt Neural 9 about a homosexual relationship between an American soldier and an Iraqi citizen, but the duo had trouble getting financing. All signs point to Jupiter Ascending being their next directorial project, with Deadline reporting that production is on track to begin later this year. I liked Speed Racer considerably more than most and their take on Cloud Atlas is beyond intriguing, so I’m up for whatever they choose to throw at us next. Tatum is next set to shoot Steven Soderbergh‘s Side Effects and will be seen this summer in Soderbergh’s male stripper pic Magic Mike. Kunis recently wrapped Sam Raimi‘s Oz, The Great and Powerful and will shoot the crime thriller Blood Ties with Clive Owen and Billy Crudup next month. She also stars in Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane‘s feature directorial debut Ted, which opens this July.

關于拉娜·沃卓斯基、安迪·沃卓斯基姐弟科幻新作《木星上升》，之前的消息是娜塔莉·波特曼可能加盟本片。而最新的消息則是，查寧·塔圖姆與米拉·庫妮絲兩人將擔綱本片的主演。

科幻片《木星上升》為沃卓斯基姐弟自《黑客帝國》系列之后又一部真正意義的科幻電影，劇本故事則來自兩人的原創(chuàng)，不過具體內(nèi)容仍處于保密階段。制片方華納兄弟屬意查寧·塔圖姆與米拉·庫妮絲兩位年輕演員，也是看中兩人近兩年的出色表現(xiàn)。查寧·塔圖姆與喬納·希爾兩人合演的動作喜劇《龍虎少年隊》如今正在北美熱映中，全球票房已至8600萬。而在之后他還將出現(xiàn)在《特種部隊2：復仇》及《魔力麥克》等片當中。至于米拉·庫妮絲，在出演了《黑天鵝》及《朋友也上床》之后，人氣也迅速上升。她未來的主要工作則是與詹姆斯·弗蘭科合演的《奧茲大法師》。

拉里·沃卓斯基、安迪·沃卓斯基現(xiàn)在正在與湯姆·提克威共同聯(lián)手全明星大作《云圖》，該片根據(jù)根據(jù)英國作家大衛(wèi)·米切爾（David Mitchell）的同名長篇小說《云圖》改編，雨果·維文、湯姆·漢克斯、哈莉·貝瑞、本·威士肖以及周迅等人都會加盟，計劃今年上映。

《木星上升》有望今年晚些時候開機拍攝。