Enter Jeffrey Dean Morgan (WATCHMEN, “Supernatural”), who will star in the action vehicle (ahem) THE COURIER. Morgan will play a hotshot delivery man who is dispatched to take a briefcase to an elusive underworld figure, while cops and rivals crooks hound him for the mystery item.
The script comes from writers Michael Brandt and Derek Haas (3:10 TO YUMA, WANTED) and will be directed by Hany Abu-Assad (PARADISE NOW).
If this whole thing sounds familiar (besides the comparisons to Statham’s wheelman series), it’s because the project has been kicking around for ages. Adrien Brody was attached a while back with HIGHLANDER director Russell Mulcahy, but Brad Pitt and Jan de Bont (SPEED) were once on board years before.