Tom Cruise Aims to Get Salty for His Next Role
Negotiating for lead in espionage road flick
He's already got Bryan Singer's Valkyrie and Robert Redford's Lions for Lambs on the way, but the United Artists head honcho seems to have a new gig lined up, too.
Variety indicates that Tom Cruise will most likely star in Terry George's Edwin A. Salt, an espionage story written by ... Kurt Wimmer? Really? The same Kurt Wimmer who wrote / directed Equilibrium and Ultraviolet? OK then.
The thriller will focus on a CIA spy who is accused of being a counter-spy, so (of course) he has to hit the road, protect his family, and prove his innocence.
Mr. George is best known for writing and directing Hotel Rwanda, although he also penned films like Hart's War, The Boxer, and In the Name of the Father. Odds are that this will be Cruise's next project once the other two are completed.
Source: Variety
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on Jul 24 2007 09:40 AM uh...ultra violet? (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 24 2007 10:10 AM Hey, he did write The Thomas Crown Affair. (Reply to this) |
on Jul 24 2007 11:48 AM Equilibrium was very good, but Ultraviolet was atrocious. (Reply to this) |
on Jul 24 2007 01:09 PM I'm surprised anybody wrote Ultraviolet. I was under the impression that they had monkeys pound on a keyboard to produce that screenplay. (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 24 2007 01:47 PM In reply to this comment (#968571) Not the good one with Steve McQueen though :) (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 24 2007 01:48 PM enemy charges. enemy beaten. repeat 500 times (Reply to this) |
on Jul 24 2007 01:52 PM Uh that plot sounds like Minority Report, in that he's a precrime policeman on the run, because he was accused of future murder and so he goes thru the whole movie trying to prove his innocence...... Just make it over with an espionage flavor, and POOF! You have SALT. Lame hackery at it's best. (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 24 2007 02:25 PM In reply to this comment (#969073) As much as I like Steve McQueen, I think the remake was actually better. Maybe I just hate the stupid editing in the 60s version. You know, with all the split images and junk? I edited like that when I was in school. Don't get me started on the editing in Easy Rider... (Reply to this) |
on Jul 24 2007 05:08 PM In reply to this comment (#969141) I agree. I've always been a huge Steve McQueen fan and as much as I hate remakes, I thought that the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair was better than the orginal and for pretty much the same reason as you stated. (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 24 2007 06:54 PM In reply to this comment (#969141) You would love "The Boston Strangler" then. (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 24 2007 09:30 PM In reply to this comment (#969880) Hmm...haven't seen that one. Henry Fonda is awesome though. Nonsensical editing seems to be prevalent in 60s films. Like in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" the fight scenes are cut so that it appears a man can stand up and throw a punch after being on his *** .1 seconds beforehand. That's still an excellent Bond film though (especially that last hour or so!). (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 24 2007 10:27 PM Sounds lame, but I said the same about Bourne Identity. (Reply to this) |
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