Who will have Consent to Kill: Gerard Butler, Colin Farrell or Matthew Fox? | Movie News
With the BOURNE series slumbering, all the studios are looking for their own commercially palatable espionage-loaded action-guy franchise.
CBS Films is trying to find the best candidate to exercise his trigger finger as CIA gunman Mitch Rapp, from Vince Flynn's bestselling series of Ludlum-like mainstream thriller books. According to Deadline, the studio has Gerard Butler in their sights, with Colin Farrell and Matthew Fox (whose schedule is about to become free of "Lost") also on their shortlist.
In CONSENT TO KILL, CIA assassin Mitch Rapp battles a Saudi billionaire bent on revenge, an ex–East German Stasi spy and a deadly husband-and-wife team of assassins. There's a $20-million contract out on Mitch's head, and to add injury to insult, he hurts his leg during a morning run. After a knee operation and an even more serious mishap, Mitch is out of the hospital and hot on the trail of the evildoers. Besides terrorists and assassins, Mitch has to deal with a difficult new director of intelligence, and a pregnant wife.
Antoine Fuqua, somehow still cruising on his TRAINING DAY success, is directing (I'm sure Paramount thought his SHOOTER was going to launch a franchise). Keanu Reeves and "Mad Men" star John Hamm were also previously in the Rapp mix.
Source: Deadline Hollywood
Extra Tidbit: Will any of the "Lost" principals find a top-notch movie career after the show ends?
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I'm all for Colin Farrell. The dude's an incredible actor and I dig his versatile choices, but he could handle a franchise as well. That being said I'm all for Colin in Consent because in comparision to the others mentioned he's the best and more importantly the youngest of the three. If you're gonna have...
I'm all for Colin Farrell. The dude's an incredible actor and I dig his versatile choices, but he could handle a franchise as well. That being said I'm all for Colin in Consent because in comparision to the others mentioned he's the best and more importantly the youngest of the three. If you're gonna have a franchise start them younger like Damon did with the Bourne series it let's them grow into their role more I think. Believe it or not I actually envision Farrell as the heir apparent to Daniel Craig's Bond....
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Matthew Fox probably has the most potential to make a "top notch" movie career for himself after the show ends, but I'd say - if he played his cards right - the same could be said for Josh Holloway.
Unfortunately, as great as they are in LOST, I think most of the cast are predominantly television actors and will remain so.
I'm happy to be proven wrong though.
Matthew Fox probably has the most potential to make a "top notch" movie career for himself after the show ends, but I'd say - if he played his cards right - the same could be said for Josh Holloway.
Unfortunately, as great as they are in LOST, I think most of the cast are predominantly television actors and will remain so.
I'm happy to be proven wrong though.
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