Glen Powell had Edgar Wright on the tip of his director need-checklist on the originate of his career.
The Twisters actor had the Shaun of the Useless filmmaker’s title on the tip of his need checklist and so that they’re finally gearing up work together on a brand new version of The Working Man.
“What’s happening right now is some of my favourite filmmakers have raised their hands to say, ‘Hey, I’d love to work together.’ That’s pretty silly,” he told Yahoo Leisure. “Edgar Wright was at the top of my list, I searched his name in my email because I was putting something together, and his name came up on what was essentially a vision board. It was a wish list of directors I hoped I’d get to work with when I first moved out to L.A. in 2008 and (Wright) was at the top of the list.”
He added, “You know, Tom Cruise was one of my favourite actors as a kid, and Wright’s one of my favourite filmmakers. Getting to occupy all these worlds I wanted to occupy… It’s really wild.”
Powell, who labored with Cruise on High Gun: Maverick, added that you “can’t force” dream collaborations to happen, you need to always merely “keep your head down and hustle” and hope the onerous work will repay.
The Working Man, a dystopian sci-fi basically basically basically based on a original by Stephen King, follows the contestants of a fact show who contain to evade a team of hitman despatched to assassinate them in state to derive a money prize. The lead personality, Ben Richards, became once previously portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1987.
Production on the brand new version is determined to birth in November. No different solid contributors had been announced but.
