Following the likes of Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2 and Hobbs & Shaw, David Leitch is surprising us all by tackling Tea & Whimsy, the charming story of pensioners in Nag End On Sea who... just kidding. He's signed on to direct Bullet Train for Sony.
Zak Olkewicz wrote the script, which focuses on a group of hitmen and assassins with conflicting motives on a train in Tokyo. Think Speed meets The Commuter with just a dash of Under Siege 2: Dark Territory.
Antoine Fuqua was attached to call the shots at one point, but he's no longer involved aside from taking a producer credit. Sony is hoping the cameras can roll in the autumn, banking on the fact that it can apparently be filmed on one set, which is easier to monitor for Covid symptoms. That set, there will no doubt be a lot of stunts, which are trickier to pull off with social distancing.