Shrapnel

Hilary Swank to Produce and Star in Comic Adaptation SHRAPNEL

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: July 20th, 2011 at 5:20 pm

Hilary Swank is attached to produce and star in Shrapnel, an adaptation of the Radical comic of the same name.  Variety hears Swank has long sought a “strong action vehicle,” and finally found it in this story of a former military officer who leads a revolt on Venus in the year 2250.  (Sidebar: never get involved in a land war on Venus.)  Radical Pictures has signed Toby Wagstaff to adapt the graphic novel trilogy written by Nick Sagan and M. Zachary Sherman.  The property was recently turned into an iPhone game, and will soon be a multiplayer game courtesy of Zombie Studios.  Several “top directors” are reportedly circling the film adaptation, though Variety mentions no names.

Hit the jump for quotes from the producers (including Swank) and the official comic synopsis.

Nicolas Cage and John Travolta May Re-Team for SHRAPNEL and SEA TRIAL

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 25th, 2011 at 7:51 am

It’s been almost fifteen years since Face/Off, and Nicolas Cage and John Travolta are looking at not one but two indie thrillers where they can compete to chew the most scenery.  Vulture reports that the actors may re-team on Shrapnel, which is about “a former Bosnian soldier who seeks vengeance against the American who badly wounded him by disguising a deadly war game as a friendly backwoods hunting trip.”  I wonder if Cage and Travolta are arguing over who gets to play the Bosnian and put on the most atrocious accent.

Evan Dougherty’s script for Shrapnel was on the 2008 Black List (a list of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood) and had John McTiernan attached to direct.  However, last October McTiernan was thrown in jail for perjury in the Anthony Pellicano Hollywood wiretap case.  He’s currently out on bail and appealing the sentence.  Filming on Shrapnel is set to begin in June, but Vulture doesn’t mention if McTiernan is still attached.

Hit the jump to learn about the other project Cage and Travolta are considering.

John McTiernan to Direct SHRAPNEL

by Jason Barr    Posted: September 10th, 2010 at 7:21 am

Veteran director John McTiernan (Die Hard) has inked a deal to direct the action/thriller Shrapnel.  Penned by Evan Daugherty, the film focuses on two war veterans who find themselves hunting one another.  The script was on the 2008 Black List which names the top unproduced screenplays of the year.  While McTiernan’s track record of directing action seemingly makes him a great fit for the project (you may remember 1987′s Predator), the filmmaker hasn’t had a film in theaters since 2003′s Basic and even his involvement in Shrapnel is dependent upon the resolution of some legal troubles.

Per Variety, McTiernan is still on the hook for “making false statements to law enforcement officials” and faces sentencing on October 4th.  If all goes well on that front, the film should begin casting fairly soon according to co-producer Anthony Rhulen.  Shrapnel is being produced by the Belgian production company Corsan and Los Angeles’ FilmEngine.  The film is currently being shopped to foreign buyers at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Director Len Wiseman to End the World with NOCTURNE

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 10th, 2009 at 12:30 am

Len Wiseman, the man who abused his blue-filter privileges for Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, will follow up 2007′s Live Free or Die Hard with an end-of-the-world flick entitled Nocturne.  According to THR, 20^th Century Fox has picked up the project based on an original idea about a group of people who survive the end of the world and the mystery surrounding how they got to that position.  The project is currently looking for writers for what I have to say is not a bad premise.

As for Wiseman, his other potential projects, including the underwater military action flick Atlantis Rising and the futuristic war movie Shrapnel (why all the killing, Wiseman?), but doesn’t have a go picture.  Wiseman has been a non-starter for some potentially major films like a remake of Escape from New York and an adaptation of the popular video game Gears of War.

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