By Eric Giordmaina | Images property of Spy Hunter
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Scifi Wire interviewed Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
on the soon to be released Doom
film, but also learned of further information regarding the Spy Hunter
film.
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Spy Hunter, originally a video game, follows
the story of a former F-15 pilot, Alec Sects (portrayed by Johnson), who
becomes part of the International Espionage Services, a quasi-governmental
agency nicknamed Spy Hunters. They have an experimental car called
a G-6155 Interceptor, with all kinds of weapons and the ability to transform
into a boat or motorcycle.
Johnson is signed on to do a film version of Spy Hunter, helmed
by director John Woo (who is also directing He-Man). "Right now I'm concentrating
on Spy Hunter," Johnson said. "I just did the motion capture for Spy
Hunter III, the video game, which was cool because that allows you
to get out of the car now. It's really cool."
Screenwriters who have attempted the movie have
included Mark Swift and Damian Shannon (who co-wrote Freddy vs. Jason),
Zak Penn (Fantastic
Four) and Michael Brandt and Derek Haas (who co-wrote
2 Fast 2 Furious and Catch that Kid). Currently, Stuart
Beattie (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
is having a crack at the screenplay and 'The Rock' has faith Beattie will
come through with the goods.
"We all believe that Stuart Beattie will come through," Johnson said. "He
wrote Pirates of the Caribbean and Collateral, and so
we're waiting."
Johnson closed by saying that the final draft of the rewrite will get to him soon. "Fingers are crossed, but it should be in about a week."
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