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Drive
Universal Pictures must have liked how things worked out on Doomsday, as the studio has again picked up Neil Marshall to direct the live-action adaptation of James Sallis' Drive.
Neil Marshall to Direct Drive
Neil Marshall will direct Drive off a script by Hossein Amini. The film will be the first non-genre picture Marshall has done for a big studio.
Hugh Jackman is attached to play the title role of Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway car driver in heists. This can change, however, depending on scheduling.
In the book, the stuntman's already-exciting existence gets jolted when he discovers that a contract has been put out on his life.
"This is something I haven't done before, and I've wanted to bring a British sensibility to an L.A. shoot and a scorched classic film noir concept," Marshall told Daily Variety. "Hoss is a fantastic writer, and he's written three amazing car chases in the film. He's turned them into dramatic scenes as opposed to the usual crash, bang, wallop. I would like to be shooting it this summer."
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