Breaking Bad Star Gets Need for Speed Movie Deal
Dreamworks signs up TV drama actor for car racing video-game tie-in flick
Aaron Paul (right) with shooter.
Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul has been signed up by Dreamworks to star in its movie adaptation of EA's ancient and revered Need for Speed franchise.
In case you don't watch telly because you're spending your time playing video games, Breaking Bad is a cult or massively huge hit TV show (depending on your perspective) about drugs and drama. Aaron Paul plays ammoral drop-out and drug user Jesse Pinkman in the series.
According to Entertainment Weekly, "the racing film will be directed by Scott Waugh, who made this year’s Navy SEALs rescue drama Act of Valor. Filming for Need For Speed is set to begin early next year, according to Holly Bario, president of production at DreamWorks. Need For Speed will be in theaters Feb. 7, 2014."
In terms of the NFS element, "Brothers George and John Gatins concocted the movie’s story, which was inspired by the game series but isn’t based on any one title, with George (executive producer of the comedy She’s Out of My League) penning the final screenplay. John, screenwriter of Real Steel, Coach Carter, and the upcoming Denzel Washington drama Flight, will co-produce Need For Speed with EA’s Patrick O’Brien and Mark Sourian, who is also producing the upcoming DreamWorks comedy Starbuck."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
In case you don't watch telly because you're spending your time playing video games, Breaking Bad is a cult or massively huge hit TV show (depending on your perspective) about drugs and drama. Aaron Paul plays ammoral drop-out and drug user Jesse Pinkman in the series.
According to Entertainment Weekly, "the racing film will be directed by Scott Waugh, who made this year’s Navy SEALs rescue drama Act of Valor. Filming for Need For Speed is set to begin early next year, according to Holly Bario, president of production at DreamWorks. Need For Speed will be in theaters Feb. 7, 2014."
In terms of the NFS element, "Brothers George and John Gatins concocted the movie’s story, which was inspired by the game series but isn’t based on any one title, with George (executive producer of the comedy She’s Out of My League) penning the final screenplay. John, screenwriter of Real Steel, Coach Carter, and the upcoming Denzel Washington drama Flight, will co-produce Need For Speed with EA’s Patrick O’Brien and Mark Sourian, who is also producing the upcoming DreamWorks comedy Starbuck."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
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dwizcreations 16 Oct 2012 14:25
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Love the idea of a "movie for street racing enthusiasts", but they need to make sure not to stray away from the motoring aspects. That was the main fault with the fast and the furious franchise. They finally got to a point where 90% of the film was non-car action sequences. There are plenty of action stuff for the general audience, but the number of actual motoring related movies are very far-and-few between for us petrolheads.