John Travolta, Uma Thurman & Blake Lively To Join Oliver Stone’s ‘Savages’

Deadline are reporting  that Oliver Stone is bulking up the cast of his upcoming crime thriller ‘Savages’, by  arranging a Pulp Fiction and Be Cool reunion of John Travolta and Uma Thurman, as the two actors are in talks to join the ensemble cast.  Apparently also joining is  Blake Lively (The Town), to play the role of O. Travolta will play Dennis, a burned out DEA agent, and Thurman will play O’s mom, Paqu. Jennifer Lawrence, the Oscar-nominated ‘Winter’s Bone’ was reportedly  linked to the role of O but dropped out  due to her joining ‘The Hunger Games.’

Travolta, Thurman and Lively join Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch.  Del Toro is set to play a deadly drug cartel enforcer named Lado. Salma Hayek, will play the role of Mexican cartel queen-pin Elena. Johnson and Kitsch will play Ben and Chon, two best friends who are growers of marijuana in Laguna. They share an unusual love triangle relationship with O. Their quiet lucrative life is interrupted by a visit from the drug enforcer Lado who tells them they will have to work for his boss, a Mexican cartel matriarch. When they resist, O gets kidnapped and the ransom is every ill-gotten cent they’ve made. ‘Savages’ is an adaptation of Don Winslow’s bestselling novel ‘Savages: A Novel’. Look out for more casting news soon as  production is set to start on ‘Savages’ in the summer. This has the potential to be a gem! UPDATE – Variety are reporting that Emile Hirsch (Into The Wild) is also joining the cast.