Liam Neeson only just signed on for** The Revenger, which seems likely to spoof the action films he’s become known for in recent years. Before that, though, he’ll be starring in The Commuter, which, if you ask us, sounds even more like a comic take on punch-ups.
The new film, however, which has a script from Byron Willinger and Phil de Blasi, is more of a suspense thriller. Set to shoot in New York next spring (a director has yet to sign on), the plot finds Neeson as a businessman on his daily commute home – probably by train if it’s NYC, but he could have splashed out cash for a cab – who becomes caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not just his life, but everyone around him… The fact that it’s not listed as an action thriller means he probably won’t be using his fists all the time, but we figure he’ll get violent at some point.
This one comes from The Picture Company and StudioCanal, companies behind the likes of Non-Stop and Unknown. As for Neeson, he’ll definitely next be seen in Martin Scorsese’s Silence and Juan Antonio Bayona’s A Monster Calls, but neither have UK release dates yet.