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Cannonball race will change organizer

Image Film Company Warner Bros. ready to continue successful cooperation with director Doug Lyman. According to Deadline, the management of the Hollywood studio has invited the director of the Edge of the Future to lead work on the reboot of the Cannonball Race series.

The WB bosses got the idea to revive the franchise back in 2011, but were able to complete negotiations to acquire the rights to the famous film brand only five years later. In March 2016, Ethan Cohen was appointed director of the film ("Be Strong!"), And a year later he was replaced by Rawson Marshall Thurber ("Spy One and a Half").

Now Hollywood insiders have learned that another castling will take place in the director's chair of the picture, as Thurber finally turned his attention to the action movie "Red Notice" with Dwayne Johnson in the title role.

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The franchise's opening film about mad racing without rules was released in 1981. Despite the negative reviews in the press, the picture of the legendary Hollywood stunt performer Hal Needham earned more than $ 72 million at the worldwide box office with a budget of $ 18 million. Until the end of the 80s, two more films about the Cannonball rally were released, but they never succeeded replicate the box office success of the original.

Doug Lyman has a wealth of experience creating fencing action games. In addition to the already mentioned "Edge of the Future" in his filmography you can find such films as "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", "Teleport" and "The Bourne Identity".

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The director is currently filming the sci-fi thriller The Chaos Walk, starring Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley and Mads Mikkelsen.

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