http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/zap-no...-news-headlinesCage Exiting 'Capone' Rising
Gerard Butler will still star
May 25, 2007
It looks like Nicolas Cage won't be appearing in Brian DePalma's sequel to "The Untouchables" after all.
Slightly over a week after Variety reported that Cage would play Chicago mobster Al Capone in "The Untouchables: Capone Rising," the trade paper is now saying that scheduling conflicts will prevent Cage from doing the film.
While Cage is out, it was announced last week that "300" star Gerard Butler will play cop Jimmy Malone, the role that earned Sean Connery an Oscar, in the prequel.
Relativity Media is financing "Capone Rising," which has already secured domestic distribution through Paramount.
Cage had a spring hit with "Ghost Rider" and a spring dud with "Next," following last fall's relatively successful "World Trade Center" and the bomb that was "The Wicker Man." He's already completed work on a remake of "Bangkok Dangerous" and is in production on "National Treasure: Book of Secrets."
It's unclear what his next project will be or what actor will step into the young Capone role.
