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COWBOY NINJA VIKING Lands Marc Forster As Director |
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Tuesday, 28 February 2012 13:03 |
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I'll admit, a title like Cowboy Ninja Viking sends the 13-yr old kid in me into a frenzy. Forster, best known for Quantum of Solace, Monsters Ball, and Machine Gun Preacher definitely brings some credibility to the project. Upon looking at the premise, it seems the story tells the tale of schizophrenics who are sent through a government assassin program and emerges with the skills of...you guessed it, a cowboy, a ninja and a viking. Reportedly, the idea is to turn the Image Comic property into a franchise.
Originally, the rights were with Disney, however the film was deemed too "edgy" and the rights ended up with Universal Pictures. Deadline notes that, "This is the second time that Universal has gotten a Disney-developed fast tracked project that was based on a graphic novel. Universal is about to start production on Oblivion, the Joseph Kosinski-directed post Read more: |
