Willis will play Adam 'Kane' Marcus, who in the game is a convicted murderer being bused to death row, when another inmate, James Seth Lynch, warns him that an escape plan is about to get underway. It turns out that it's not a rescue but a kidnapping by Kane's former employers, who want their money back, kickstarting a globetrotting action crime drama, with the twist that our heroes (especially Lynch) are about as sociopathic as the villains.
Askarieh claims that Willis called Kyle Ward's screenplay (Ward is also penning Hitman 2 for the same producers) "one of the best action scripts he's ever read", and boils the basic premise down to "the story of a mercenary teaming up with a schizophrenic psychopath to save his wife and daughter". Slightly alarmingly, he also calls it "a great buddy action movie". Just like Lethal Weapon! If Riggs and Murtaugh were on the other side of the law, and Riggs was fond of killing hostages...
Simon Crane (second unit on Tomb Raider and Troy) is directing. Shooting, which is planned (but not confirmed) to take place in South America, Europe and Louisiana, begins next March. Billy Bob Thornton had been rumoured for Lynch at one time or another, but Askarieh now says the role is "about to start casting". Thoughts?
Willis sounds like a good choice for the role of Kane. If it is going to be faithful to the game then it will have to be an 18 certificate movie. Not that this will be a bad thing, a lot of action films these days are too watered down. Tarantino films are mostly 18s and that does not stop people going to see them.
I think Malkovich would be great for the role of Lynch as the role requires someone who can carry off edgy psycho, which he is a master of (like in Con-Air). ... Read More
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I may be mistaken, but didn't Willis say that he thought Die Hard 4 was the best of series. On this kind of evidence, him saying that this screenplay is "one of the best action scripts he's ever read" does not bode well. Don't get me wrong. Willis is undoubtedly action movie royalty, but for now, colour me "Meh".
He's hardly going to say "yeah go see Die Hard 4.0. It's not as good as the rest, though."
oint taken. Stars are hardly in the habit of dissing t... Read More
If its the video game I'm thinking of, I've seen the box cover. Nick Cave would be perfect casting, he looks like the dude anyway - I've seen him hanging around Brighton many times. Daniel Day Lewis would also be a good choice. ... Read More
Kim Newman would be perfect for the role of Lynch, he's got the hair, the beard (well...kind of), and he is pretty much mental cause' he does the dungeon section of the magazine (you'd have to be insane to sit through all of them shite films). ... Read More
John Travolta, Mickey Rourke or that snake pilsken bloke, you know the one with the eyes and that mullet, you know man, Big trouble in little china, the best thing in that awful Tarantino film about lasses talking for 180 minutes before driving in a 70's style, got him yet, yes that one. ... Read More
