Directors Andy and Lana Wachowski recently wrapped an incredibly ambitious adaptation of the novel Cloud Atlas, and they’re looking to set up their next project straight away. Deadline reports that Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis have been offered the leads in the sci-fi pic Jupiter Ascending for Warner Bros. Plot details are, predictably, under tight wraps, but apparently Jupiter Ascending will act as the siblings’ first major sci-fi action franchise since The Matrix. I’ve liked Tatum more and more with each subsequent film he’s been in (the guy kills in 21 Jump Street) and Kunis is unendingly charming, so I’m all for this casting choice. Hit the jump for more.

The Wachowskis had been shopping an R-rated original drama script called Colbalt Neural 9 about a homosexual relationship between an American soldier and an Iraqi citizen, but the duo had trouble getting financing. All signs point to Jupiter Ascending being their next directorial project, with Deadline reporting that production is on track to begin later this year. I liked Speed Racer considerably more than most and their take on Cloud Atlas is beyond intriguing, so I’m up for whatever they choose to throw at us next. Tatum is next set to shoot Steven Soderbergh‘s Side Effects and will be seen this summer in Soderbergh’s male stripper pic Magic Mike. Kunis recently wrapped Sam Raimi‘s Oz, The Great and Powerful and will shoot the crime thriller Blood Ties with Clive Owen and Billy Crudup next month. She also stars in Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane‘s feature directorial debut Ted, which opens this July.

关于拉娜·沃卓斯基、安迪·沃卓斯基姐弟科幻新作《木星上升》，之前的消息是娜塔莉·波特曼可能加盟本片。而最新的消息则是，查宁·塔图姆与米拉·库妮丝两人将担纲本片的主演。

科幻片《木星上升》为沃卓斯基姐弟自《黑客帝国》系列之后又一部真正意义的科幻电影，剧本故事则来自两人的原创，不过具体内容仍处于保密阶段。制片方华纳兄弟属意查宁·塔图姆与米拉·库妮丝两位年轻演员，也是看中两人近两年的出色表现。查宁·塔图姆与乔纳·希尔两人合演的动作喜剧《龙虎少年队》如今正在北美热映中，全球票房已至8600万。而在之后他还将出现在《特种部队2：复仇》及《魔力麦克》等片当中。至于米拉·库妮丝，在出演了《黑天鹅》及《朋友也上床》之后，人气也迅速上升。她未来的主要工作则是与詹姆斯·弗兰科合演的《奥兹大法师》。

拉里·沃卓斯基、安迪·沃卓斯基现在正在与汤姆·提克威共同联手全明星大作《云图》，该片根据根据英国作家大卫·米切尔（David Mitchell）的同名长篇小说《云图》改编，雨果·维文、汤姆·汉克斯、哈莉·贝瑞、本·威士肖以及周迅等人都会加盟，计划今年上映。

《木星上升》有望今年晚些时候开机拍摄。