Michael is a "Knockout"!

At least his newest news is...

Michael grabbed the attention of movie goers in NYC at the IFC Center's Fish Tank screening.  Comments on Twitter included:

Fish Tank: Interesting rawness. Engaging lead as teenage girl. Cool Q&A at IFC w/Michael Fassbender. Glad to see him post-Hunger lkg spry.

andrea arnold's fish tank @ifccenter is a terrific film. great performances incl. michael fassbender who gave gracious q&a in person

btw when told that twitter has nice things to say about him, michael fassbender replied "thanks twitter

On Facebook:

Q+A with actor Michael Fassbender last night at IFC. Woman in audience: 'Can you tell us about the scenes with the horse.' Moderator repeats her question: 'Tell us about the scenes with the prostitutes.' Mind you there were no scenes in the film with Prostitutes (Whores). There were scenes with horse. The audience, and Fassbender, lose there s*** for a good minute. Classic.

michael fassbender is much hotter in person!

Enjoyed Fish Tank at the IFC with an after show audience with Michael Fassbender (of Hunger, 300, Inglorious Basterds...)

Soon afterwards, notices of upcoming interviews were spotted on Twitter:

Talking to Michael Fassbender in an hour or so. I take no responsibility for my actions while in the same room as Archie Hicox.

Off to meet Michael Fassbender. Gonna ask him all about directing BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ.

Great, it's supposed to snow tomorrow as I trudge to NYC to interview Michael Fassbender. I guess I have bad luck picking days to go to NYC.

Fassbender a delightful, charming interview, and more like Archie Hicox than you might think. Can't wait to see everything he does next.

With various interviews today and tomorrow, we found out that Michael has a small role in a big project.  Coming from his own mouth:

“I’ll be starting work with Steven Soderbergh in the beginning of February in Dublin,” Fassbender said, confirming that he’ll take part in the prolific director’s next film, Knockout. That’d be the spy thriller starring mixed martial arts superstar Gina Carano, written by Lem Dobbs (The Limey).  Movieline.com

"I play this MI6 operative that meets up with the lead character, so it should be very interesting," he told us earlier. "I'm very excited to work with him. He's a legend."  Comingsoon.net

Fassbender said he's in about four scenes, amounting to 12 or 13 days work, and had this to say about his female co-star: "She's a cagefighter. She's this Muaythai expert amazing fighter, and very very pretty too. I checked her out on YouTube, and it's like, holy s***."  Cinemablend.com

Playlist.com posted an article about the movie.  Dennis Quaid and Ewan MacGregor are also part of the cast. 

 photo care of /film.com

The male actors are all part of Carano's special forces team. Douglas plays a government figure not unlike Chris Cooper or Brian Cox from the 'Bourne' movies. Fassbender and one other actor who has yet to sign-on officially (we've been asked not to say who because it's not 100% confirmed, but the actor is male and a fairly big name; though it's possible scheduling conflicts may prevent him from participating) play members of her commando spy unit, and one of these two plays the central antagonist that betrays Carano's character (this is still being kept under wraps for now). McGregor's role is that of the owner/guy who runs a Blackwater private military company-type group that the female fighting champion is is part of (and apparently many of the males take a beating at the hands of Carano).

Fassbender is the quickly rising, in-demand actor that everyone wants to work with (Tarantino, et. al) and the director is certainly one of those people — Fassbender's role was written with the actor in mind.

It's exciting to know that Michael is now having scripts written for him, be it big or small. To read more go to The Playlist.com

What kind of surprises fans is that Michael's first project this year, "A Single Shot", looks like it's been delayed.  Back when it was announced, he was supposed to start shooting last October, than it moved to Jan./Feb.  Now it seems indefinitely delayed.  It was such a good project too, with some favorite actors, such as Forest Whitaker, Thomas Hayden Church, and William A Macy.  According to IMDB, the production date starts early Feb, which had been updated Dec. 22.  There was an interview around that time, with the director, stating he didn't know how long the movie was going to be delayed, as he was looking around at shooting locations in Canada. 

For the most part, movieland probably doesn't care.  But for fans, "A Single Shot" was going to be the first time Michael would be playing a leading role in the US.  We'll have to wait for "The Talking Cure" with Christoph Waltz and Keira Knightly.

Not to be too upset.  As Slashfilms.com says, "Fassbender is turning into a real man of the moment based on his work in Hunger and Basterds."  If one things doesn't pan out, he'll be sure to get more.