The 40-year-old half-Spanish actressis set to star in the contained Black List thriller O2, which will be directed by Franck Khalfoun.
Crawland The Hills Have Eyesreboot writer-director Alexandre Ajais producing and supervising artistic direction.
Written by Christie LeBlanc, the script was a buzzed-about prospect on the 2016 Black List.
The film centers on a woman who wakes up in a cryogenic medical pod, alone, with no memory, and no way out. All she knows is that she has 90 minutes of oxygen left and must figure out how to save herself, while discovering who she really is, who put her there, and most importantly – why?
Aja says about the film, which is due to enter production in the summer, “One of the most compelling scripts I’ve read in years – a pure survival experience with a great mystery at its core. Even without the oxygen running out, the suspense on the page left me breathless.”
Rapace, who recently was cast in the thriller The Thicket, previously starred in the Swedish film adaptations of the Millenniumseries: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest. Her other credits include Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Prometheusand Child 44.
The 32-year-old part-Spanish singer-songwriter has picked up four NME (New Musical Express) Awards nominations.
FKA Twigs, who had previously earned two NME Awards nods, is up for Best British Solo Act and Best Solo Act In The World.
She’s also nominated in the Best British Album and Best Album In The World categories for her acclaimed album Magdalene.
Cardi Bhas picked up her first NME Awardsnod in the Best Festival Headliner category.
A number of categories are fan voted, including Hero of the Year, Villain of the Year and Music Moment of the Year; vote here.
Winners will be announced at the February 12 show at the O2 Academy Brixton.
Here’s the full list of nominees:
GODLIKE GENIUS Emily Eavis (Glastonbury Festival organizer)
BEST BRITISH ALBUM FKA Twigs – Magdalene Foals – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Pt. 1 Little Simz – Grey Area Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka Slowthai – Nothing Great About Britain
BEST ALBUM IN THE WORLD Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? FKA twigs – Magdalene Foals – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Pt. 1 Lana Del Rey – Norman F–king Rockwell Little Simz – Grey Area Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka Slipknot – We Are Not Your Kind Slowthai – Nothing Great About Britain Stella Donnelly – Beware Of The Dogs Tyler, the Creator – Igor
BEST BRITISH SONG AJ Tracey – “Ladbroke Grove” Dua Lipa – “Don’t Start Now” Georgia – “About Work The Dancefloor” Mura Masa ft Slowthai – “Deal Wiv It” The 1975 – “People”
BEST SONG IN THE WORLD AJ Tracey – “Ladbroke Grove” Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” Clairo – “Bags” Dua Lipa – “Don’t Start Now” Georgia – “About Work The Dancefloor” Lil Nas X – “Old Town Road” (Remix) Lizzo – “Juice” Mura Masa ft Slowthai – “Deal Wiv It” Post Malone – “Circles” The 1975 – “People”
BEST BRITISH SOLO ACT AJ Tracey Charli XCX FKA Twigs Slowthai Yungblud
BEST SOLO ACT IN THE WORLD AJ Tracey Beck Billie Eilish Charli XCX FKA Twigs Lana Del Rey Lizzo Slowthai Taylor Swift Yungblud
BEST BRITISH BAND Bring Me The Horizon Idles Krept & Konan The 1975 The Big Moon
BEST BAND IN THE WORLD Bring Me The Horizon Brockhampton BTS Haim Idles Krept & Konan Slipknot Tame Impala The 1975 The Big Moon
BEST NEW BRITISH ACT: Celeste D-Block Europe Easy Life Jade Bird Sam Fender
BEST NEW ACT IN THE WORLD Celeste Clairo D-Block Europe DaBaby Dominic Fike Easy Life Fontaines DC Girl In Red Jade Bird Sam Fender
BEST LIVE ACT: Amyl + The Sniffers Foals Iggy Pop Lizzo Slowthai
BEST COLLABORATION BTS + Halsey Charli XCX + Christine And The Queens Megan Thee Stallion + DaBaby Slowthai + Mura Masa Yungblud + Dan Reynolds
BEST MUSIC VIDEO Brockhampton – “I Been Born Again” Easy Life – “Nice Guys” Normani – “Motivation” Stormzy – “Vossi Bop” Yungblud – “Original Me”
BEST BRITISH FESTIVAL All Points East Glastonbury Parklife Reading & Leeds Wireless
BEST FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD All Points East Coachella Fuji Rock Glastonbury Mad Cool Parklife Reading & Leeds Rock In Rio Sziget Wireless
BEST FESTIVAL HEADLINER Cardi B Lana Del Rey Stormzy The 1975 The Cure
BEST MUSIC FILM Beyonce: Homecoming BTS: Bring The Soul Liam Gallagher: As It Was Michael Hutchence: Mystify Rocketman
BEST MUSIC BOOK Brett Anderson – Afternoons With The Blinds Drawn Debbie Harry – Face It: A Memoir Elton John – Me Prince –The Beautiful Ones Tegan & Sara – High School
BEST REISSUE Aretha Franklin – Amazing Grace Muse – Origin Of Muse Prince – 1999 R.E.M. – Monster 25 The Beatles – Abbey Road
For this new track, the “Liquid Dreams” performers have slowed things down similar to the Backstreet Boys‘ underrated single “Incomplete.”
“‘Skydive’ is a dramatic song,” O-Town’s Trevor Penick confirms. “It starts with a simple piano and vocal, and by the end you hear a seventy-piece orchestra, and all four of us belting it out in 4-part harmony.”
“Skydive,” co-written by Samuel Adams and Marcel Wildy, was co-produced by O-Town member Jacob Underwood alongside Mark Suhonen.
Lines & Circles, due out on August 3, will be O-Town’s third full-length and first album since 2002’s O2.
“We started this reunion purely for the fun of it,” said Underwood. “We had discussed a summer tour to perform our old songs and finally give the fans what they’ve been asking us for the last 10 years. However, once we began working, what developed was something a little more ambitious. The ideas kept flying and we couldn’t help but start making new music.”
The 34-year-old Latino singer/actor is reuniting with his fellow O-Town members to make new music a decade after the band disbanded.
Estrada and his O-Town band mates – Jacob Underwood, Trevor Penick and Dan Miller – announced on Monday that they would be making a comeback, rebooting the group’s official website and announcing that more specifics would be announced in the coming weeks.
O-Town was originally formed on the MTV-produced reality television series Making the Band back in 2000. After releasing two albums, the group disbanded in 2003.
O-Town fans can expect to hear new music, the first batch from the group since 2002’s O2 album, according to Underwood.
“We started this reunion purely for the fun of it,” says Underwood. “We had discussed a summer tour to perform our old songs and finally give the fans what they’ve been asking us for the last 10 years. However, once we began working, what developed was something a little more ambitious. The ideas kept flying and we couldn’t help but start making new music.”
“Each of us has different reasons for agreeing to do this again, a decade later,” adds Estrada. “Mine has to start with the fans. I never knew how much I would miss them. I never quite realized how much of an impact we had on them.”
O-Town’s 2001 self-titled album has sold 1.7 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and its first two singles, “Liquid Dreams” and “All Or Nothing,” reached No. 10 and No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, respectively. O2 followed with 257,000 copies sold; after the group’s dissolution, Ashley Parker Angel‘s 2006 album Soundtrack to Your Life has sold 184,000 copies to date. Angel will not be part of the group’s 2014 comeback.
“We are blessed to be able to apply what we’ve learned to create something stimulating and beautiful, that we can call ours,” says Underwood. “This isn’t just a reunion for us. It’s a new beginning.”
Since leaving the band, Estrada has turned to acting, appearing in 2011’s Tainted Rose.
