The first ever adaptation of a movie from the future?
After several years rattling around in pre-production limbo, the movie adaptation of Midway's Spy Hunter is gathering a head of steam once again, with a new director on board.
Hollywood trade journal Variety magazine reports that Paul W.S. Anderson of Resident Evil and Alien Vs. Predator fame is 'attached' to direct the film and will be working with a new scribe to pen the project.
John Woo was originally slated to direct the film back in 2004, with Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson attached to star. It remains unconfirmed whether Johnson is still on board, but since Midway (bizarrely) already released a game of the still-unmade film with his face on it, SPOnG hopes so.
Adrian Askarieh, who's working on the still Statham-less Hitman movie, is producing the movie alongside Chuck Gordon and Jeremy Bolt.
Meanwhile, SPOnG's still waiting breathlessly to find out if another baldy game movie, God of War, will get game creator David Jaffe's first choice of Djimon Hounsou cast as the lead.
Spy Hunter, for those who aren't sure, is about a chap who mooches about in a car that turns into just about anything he fancies. Think Knight Rider meets Transformers.
Hollywood trade journal Variety magazine reports that Paul W.S. Anderson of Resident Evil and Alien Vs. Predator fame is 'attached' to direct the film and will be working with a new scribe to pen the project.
John Woo was originally slated to direct the film back in 2004, with Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson attached to star. It remains unconfirmed whether Johnson is still on board, but since Midway (bizarrely) already released a game of the still-unmade film with his face on it, SPOnG hopes so.
Adrian Askarieh, who's working on the still Statham-less Hitman movie, is producing the movie alongside Chuck Gordon and Jeremy Bolt.
Meanwhile, SPOnG's still waiting breathlessly to find out if another baldy game movie, God of War, will get game creator David Jaffe's first choice of Djimon Hounsou cast as the lead.
Spy Hunter, for those who aren't sure, is about a chap who mooches about in a car that turns into just about anything he fancies. Think Knight Rider meets Transformers.
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hollywooda 4 Jun 2007 10:26
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Spy hunter the Film!?!? Ohhh why bother?... this sounds lame on paper & no matter of CG can save it.. God of war film, now your talking, growing up on watching sinbad film & Clash of the titans, God of war with all its mythical creatures would be most welcome!!.
tyrion 4 Jun 2007 12:47
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hollywooda wrote:
Spy hunter the Film!?!? Ohhh why bother?... this sounds lame on paper & no matter of CG can save it.. God of war film, now your talking, growing up on watching sinbad film & Clash of the titans, God of war with all its mythical creatures would be most welcome!!.
Oh your god! Yes! It's time for Ray Harryhausen to make a comeback, and I can think of no better film for him to do it in!