In the film, Stallone will play ‘Ray Breslin’, an expert on structural security who is framed and put in a high-security prison of his own design. His skills are put to the test as he tries to to find out who put him there. Schwarzenegger, meanwhile, plays ‘Church’, “a complex inmate with multiple shades of grey. He’s the guy who fights to keep the prisoners from losing their humanity in their darkest hour as they struggle together to stay alive.”
According to Variety, Ryan will play “Stallone’s business partner and potential love interest.” D’Onofrio is in talks to play “the deputy director of the Prisons Bureau who convinces Stallone to take one last job before he retires.” And finally, Jones will play “a ruthless guard with no moral compass who enjoys making life difficult for the protag.” Oddly, there’s no mention of 50 Cent’s role, but I’m guessing he’ll play either an inmate or a guard (there aren’t that many options when you think about it).
THE TOMB – budgeted at about $70 million – was last reported to be shooting this spring in Louisiana.