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Aug 21, 2014 shane black probably isnt a huge fan of remo williams, but he is a huge fan of remo williams. Shane black celebrity profile check out the latest shane black photo gallery, biography. In 2014 sony pictures hired director shane black, a fan of the book series, to begin work on a script by jim uhls and the destroyer series coauthor james mullaney. The adventure begins brought warren murphy and richard sapirs titular character to the big screen, and now, none other than shane black will direct his return in the destroyer. Blacks next projects included an adaptation of doc savage, and the destroyer, based on the series of paperback adventure novels that. Sony pictures taps iron man 3 helmer shane black to direct the destroyer. Shane black will help bring warren murphys remo williams books to life on the big screen with sony pictures the destroyer. Shane black to direct the destroyer movie adaptation adding another project to his pile, iron man 3 director shane black will be adapting the 1970s. Mullaney coauthored and became the sole writer of the destroyer until the series.
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The adventure continues almost 20 years after remo williams. Sony and shane black have a nice little pulp revival arrangement going. Shane black will also be cowriting and directing doc savage, based on the hero of pulp novels, films, and comic books, for columbia pictures. Sep 12, 2018 the destroyer black is at his best when hes embracing his love of pulp fiction. Chris pratt defends back to the future plot hole amid perfect movie trend. In the same interview, he comments that he and black are developing a cable tv reboot of the 1960s british spy show, the avengers. After directing iron man 3 for marvel last year, things had remained somewhat quiet as black continued to pursue a doc savage movie with sony. Shane has been a fan of the original destroyer book series since its. The destroyer gets iron man 3 director shane black aug 21, 2014. Shane black to direct remo williams reboot the destroyer. And hes going to be reviving williams using the destroyer title at sony.
Speaking of not sleeping, fight club writer jim uhls will be working on a new script for black to direct, the destroyer, based on the. Sony pictures entertainment announced today shane black will direct the film adaptation of the popular adventure book series the destroyer by. The predator the rundown with shane black 20th century fox. Shane black to bring remo williams back to the big screen in. Iron man 3 director shane black will direct the destroyer movie adaptation based on the warren murphy book series, with jim uhls writing the. Each successive script he turned in had a higher price attached it, from the last boy scout 1991 to the long kiss goodnight 1996, and in between a. Shane black to resurrect remo williams in the destroyer by peter hall aug 21, 2014 comments stargate and predator reveal two different ways to revive classic franchises. Sep 02, 2014 it also makes me wonder just when the hell shane black is going to find time for the predator reboot, the doc savage movie, and the return of remo williams in the destroyer. The films director shane black last directed the predator and the nice guys. The adventure begins brought warren murphy and richard sapirs titular character to the big screen, and now, none other than shane black will direct his return in the destroyer this comes hot on the heels of the announcement of a mack bolan movie starring bradley cooper and directed by todd philips. Sony pictures entertainment made the announcement today, revealing that the adaptation is being penned by jim uhls fight club and james mullaney, the latter of which coauthored and became the sole writer of the destroyer.
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The destroyer is a twofisted classic and deserves no less than the genius of shane black. Adding another project to his pile, iron man 3 director shane black will be adapting the 1970s pulp novel series the destroyer for the big screen. The predator could have been the franchises chance to. Sony pictures has set iron man 3 helmer shane black to direct the destroyer, fight club scribe jim uhls scripted adaptation of the adventure book. Shane black to direct the destroyer movie adaptation. Iron man 3 director shane black takes the helm for this sony pictures entertainment production based on the popular series of pulp novels originally penned by warran murphy and richard sapir. In addition, he is writing the films including, lethal weapon, the long. For quite a while, black has been developing a doc savage movie for sony. A look at the the destroyer behind the scenes crew and production team. Adding another project to his pile, iron man 3 director shane black will be adapting the 1970s pulp novel series the destroyer for the big. The project is based on the book series of the same name originally. Well, iron man 3s shane black is about to refresh your memory.
The destroyer black is at his best when hes embracing his love of pulp fiction. Apr 24, 2020 shane black biography affair, single, ethnicity, nationality, salary, net worth, height married biography who is shane black. Sony pictures entertainment announced today the ironman 3 director, shane black, will direct the film adaptation of the popular adventure book series the destroyer by richard sapir and warren murphy. But now remo williams, the adventure continues with a new movie from shane black, whos been hired to direct a fresh adaptation of warren murphys pulp novel series the destroyer, with fight clubs jim uhls handling the script.
As an actor, black is best known for his role as rick hawkins in predator 1987. Get the latest insights about the film industry from our extensive coverage. New jersey cop remo williams another shot at a movie franchise. Shane black directing a new remo williams movie for sony film. Sony pictures has set iron man 3 helmer shane black to direct the destroyer, fight club scribe jim uhls scripted adaptation of the adventure book series by warren murphy and richard. Iron man 3 writerdirector is remaking remo williams. Based on the long running cult book series the destroyer. Mother of god, shane black is rebooting remo williams. Shane black, the director of iron man 3, has been tapped to direct the destroyer movie. This comes hot on the heels of the announcement of a mack bolan movie starring bradley cooper and directed by todd philips. Find the latest movie news from empire, the worlds biggest movie destination. Shane black attached to the film adaptation of the destroyer amc movie news.
Iron man 3 writer and director shane black will helm a film based on author warren murphys longrunning series of the destroyer novels, which previously inspired the 1985 film remo williams. The films writer charley parlapanides last wrote death note and immortals. Aug 21, 2014 shane black is gearing up to direct sony pictures adaptation of adventure book series the destroyer, the studio said on thursday. The destroyer is based on the series of paperback novels in which newark cop remo williams is framed, sentenced to death, then resurrected following a botched execution. I dont know if shane black above right sleeps these days. He is widely famous as the director of kiss kiss bang bang, iron man 3, and the nice guys. Shane black to direct the destroyer movie adaptation screen rant. No, iron man 3 director shane black is not dipping back into the marvel cinematic universe for a film focused on asgards walking weapon, the one last seen destroying s.
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Iron man 3s shane black resurrecting remo williams in. Shane black, the director of kiss kiss bang bang and iron man 3, is set to direct the film adaptation of warren murphys popular adventure book series the destroyer. Well, director shane black already has a full future slate with projects like an adaptation of the pulp hero doc savage and a reboot of predator in the works, and now one more has been added to. Writers for the screenplay are jim uhls fight club and james mullaney.
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