Robert De Niro and John Travolta are set to team up for the action pic Killing Season. Daredevil director Mark Steven Johnson is set to helm the Appalachian Mountains-set film. The story centers on an American military veteran (De Niro) living in a remote cabin in the woods who is visited by a European tourist (Travolta). The two strike up an unlikely friendship and all goes well until the veteran realizes that the tourist is in fact a Serbian soldier bent on revenge. The film will see the two go toe-to-toe across the grueling Appalachian mountain landscape. The plot reminds me a bit of the 1997 pic The Edge, which had Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin facing off in the woods.
The script comes from Evan Daugherty, who also wrote Snow White and the Huntsman. De Niro recently signed on to star in The Comedian alongside Kristen Wiig for director Sean Penn. Production on Killing Season begins January 16th. Hit the jump to read the full press release.
Hereâs the full press release:
âKILLING SEASONâ STARRING ROBERT DE NIRO, JOHN TAVOLTA TO START PRODUCTION JANUARY 16
Co-Production with Corsan Pictures to be Directed by âGhost Riderâ Helmer Mark Steven Johnson
LOS ANGELES, CA â Millennium Films and Corsan Pictures will begin production January 16 on âKilling Season,â starring Robert De Niro and John Travolta. Mark Steven Johnson (âGhost Rider,â âDaredevilâ) will direct from a script by Evan Daugherty (âSnow White and the Huntsmanâ).
âKilling Seasonâ is an action movie set in the Appalachian Mountains about an American military veteran (De Niro) who has retreated to a remote cabin in the woods. When a rare visitor, a European tourist (Travolta), appears on the scene, the two men strike up an unlikely friendship. But in fact the visitor is a former Serbian soldier bent on revenge. What follows is a tense, action packed battle across some of Americaâs most forbidding landscape that proves the old adage: the purest form of war is one-on-one.
Nu Image/Millennium is taking the lead on international sales at the American Film Market this week, in consultation with Corsan.
âIâve loved this project from the moment I read Evan Daughtertyâs remarkable script,â said Corsan CEO Paul Breuls. âItâs thrilling, imaginative, unexpected and dominated by two extraordinary characters on a collision course. Iâm very pleased this film is moving into production and to be partnered with Avi Lerner and his team at Millennium.â
âWeâre excited to be co-financing and co-producing this film with Corsan, and to be working again with Robert De Niro and John Travolta,â said Nu Image/Millennium topper Avi Lerner. âWeâve never seen these two great actors on screen together before, and weâre excited to see what comes of the combination.â