The Die Hard Star returns to the action genre! Deadline reports that Bruce Willis has signed up to reboot the acclaimed film series Death Wish . The remake of the crime fighter Michael Winner was first talked about back in 2006, when Sylvester Stallone began to show interest in him. Six years later, it became known that Joe Carnahan was entrusted with the post of scriptwriter and director, but soon the filmmaker was forced to leave the project due to a conflict with the management of MGM . The Hollywood studio bosses wanted Willis in the lead role, and the director suggested Russell Crowe. According to insiders, the long-term construction is finally ready to go to work. The director's chair of the action movie will be taken by Israelis Aaron Keshales and Navot Papushado, who gained fame thanks to the film "Very Bad Boys". The thriller won two Saturn Awards and was also named Best Picture of 2013 by Quentin Tarantino. Over the past couple of years, Dan Gilroy (Stringer) and Graham Yost (Speed) have worked on the script for the new " Death Wish ". The first film in the Death Wish franchise was based on the novel of the same name by Brian Garfield.The protagonist of the action movie was the architect Paul Kersey , whose life went derailed after the robbers brutally attacked his wife and daughter. Seeing that the police are in no hurry to get on the trail of criminals, the man decides to take justice into his own hands ... The role of Kersey in the 1974 film brought Charles Bronson worldwide fame and the title of an action legend. Over the next twenty years, he returned four more times to the image of the avenger. Death Wish is expected to begin filming this summer. Willis also plans to work on a new film in the " Die Hard " film series, which will be both a prequel to the first part and a sequel to the fifth. The Topic of Article: Bruce Willis will feel the lust for death. |