Weaving best known as Agent Smith in the Wachowskis' "The Matrix" trilogy has replaced James Purefoy in Warner Bros. Pictures' V For Vendetta, from the Wachowski brothers and Joel Silver. He will star ...

Hugo Weaving (best known as Agent Smith in The Matrix and Elrond in The Lord of the Rings) is talking about replacing James Purefoy in the lead role in V for Vendetta, the Wachowski Brothers’ ...

Based on the same-named comic series written in 1982 by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, V for Vendetta tells the tale of a near-future England run by an oppressive government and a man, known only as V ...

Set in a London of a not too distant future, V For Vendetta follows the campaign of terrorist anti-hero 'V' (Hugo Weaving), a man in a Guy Fawkes mask planning to succeed where Fawkes failed in ...