Stale Popcorn

Today is a pretty sweet day for breaking news, no? Whatever your opinion of it, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 remake trailer was revealed (more on that later), Bourne 4 has been fast tracked, the first glimpse of The Descent 2 is out there and now this. The BEST news of all…

Now this is pretty friggin’ sweet news if you ask me! I’ve been a champion of the Gemini Man screenplay, in its various forms over the years, for quite some time now and I don’t think I’ve ever come across a “Best Unproduced Screenplays” list in the last five years that doesn’t have it on there somewhere.

For those who aren’t in the know - Gemini Man is the story of a newly retired NSA agent who finds himself the target of an assassin, who manages to pre-think him, out-run him and generally be able to out-class the NSA’s ex-top agent at ever turn. It is no spoiler to reveal that the assassin is actually a younger, faster, deadlier clone of the agent himself.

It was a fantastic script, paced like a speeding bullet and filled with absolutely sublime set-pieces. In one very early draft I read (missing from subsequent versions) it was revealed in the third act that the agent himself was an aged clone and that this was simply the procedure of history repeating itself; the ‘agent’ aged, wanted out, a clone was sent in to ‘retire’ him and replace him, allowed to age naturally within the NSA and then the procedure repeated itself. I’d like to see if they can return to that.

Sean Connery (now retired) was originally attached to the project in the dying months of the 90s, then Mel Gibson was on board for quite some time before the project fell apart once more. Now, there is no star attached but (with the effects industry being what it is, post Benjamin Button) it would be an open forum for any respectable 80s action icon to fill their proverbial boots with. Fanboy rumouring suggests Bruce Willis is circling the project and he’d certainly fit well with the material.

Why am I blah-ing on about Gemini Man? Oh… Only because it is BACK on the ‘go list’ with none other than LA Confidential director Curtis Hanson helming it. How cool? We’ll keep you up to date on this project as an when news breaks on it! 

Posted on Friday, February 13th, 2009 at 4:52 pm under Movie News by Gazz.

Agree, disagree or just want to share your opinion? Then leave a comment.

Please Note: This website is not meant for use by minors and the views expressed in the Talkbacks section below are not ours, and are completely the opinions and views of the person commenting. The Talkbacks are intended for discussion of the above post. By all means disagree with the opinions expressed above, but comments which attack, insult or threaten the author or anyone else will be deleted.

Also, comments that we deem too far removed from the topic at hand, intended to incite hate or could be considered overly offensive to our readership may also be deleted. This site and all its features, is intended to be enjoyed by the masses and behaviour that could be considered as bullying, racist, sexist or of any other hate-filled agenda will not be tolerated!

Trackback.