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Emmy winner Aaron Paul will play the lead in DreamWorks Studios‘ adaptation of the bestselling Electronic Arts video game Need For Speed, the studio announced today. Act Of Valor director Scott Waugh is set to helm the film, which is scheduled to come out February 7, 2014. “We are huge fans of Aaron’s and his stellar work on Breaking Bad. We couldn’t be more excited to have him headline our cast for Need For Speed”, said Holly Bario, DreamWorks’ President of Production. EA’s Patrick O’Brien will produce with John Gatins and Mark Sourain. Paul is repped by UTA and Leverage Management.
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Yeah Science, yeah Mr. Paul!
Gret to see Aaron Paul getting work but Need for Speed? Methinks he can set the bar a bit higher.
called getting that pay check. Im guessing AMC didnt pay him a ton of Breaking Bad even though it won a ton of Emmy. And Smashed probably didnt pay him anything
As long as he still does quality independent films as well, he should explode. As someone already stated, his work on Breaking Bad has the studios fawning over him. He’s good looking, young and talented, hopefully he takes advantage.
so it looks like the Taylor Kitsch phase for hollywood is over. And Aaron Paul is the next guy to get a shot at the next big time action star
As a lead? Guy is not a name. This one’s going DTV.
Dude’s got 2 Emmy awards. Plus, it’s based on a popular videogame, a big star is not needed. He’s a bigger name than Chris Hemsworth was when he got Thor. Sounds like someone is bitter.
Great result. Awesome to see Dreamworks trusts him with such a big new franchise. An excellent casting choice! This film suddenly went from being bland and cliched idea to highly anticipated with Aaron Paul at the helm now!!
That Emmy win will now make Aaron Paul a HUGE star. The Studios love this guy.
Huge Aaron Paul fan. He has an incredible career ahead of him.
Huge Aaron Paul fan. He has an incredible career ahead of him.