Director Bryan Singer is circling the Mark Wahlberg suspense thriller “The Prisoners” as his next project, reports EW. The story concerns a Boston father (surprise!) who goes on the hunt for a kidnapper who has nabbed his daughter. EW claims the screenplay, credited to newcomer Aaron Guzikowski, is a combination of “Silence of the Lambs” and “Seven,” such a tired, dated frame of reference that it makes us think of Donald Kaufman’s pitch for “The Thr3e.” The fact that Singer is being mentioned in conjunction with projects like this and Joel Silver’s “Logan’s Run” suggests that he may finally be removed from speculation over where Warner Bros. is taking “Superman: The Man Of Steel,” a project that continues to have no forward momentum. Singer’s not fully committed to “Technology Vs. Horse” yet, but after the lukewarm reception for “Valkyrie,” we don’t see him having that many other options.
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Where are these Adaptation action figures from?
Gabe Toro, I think I love you.
Mickey, you and every woman on this planet.
i would also like to know where the figures came from
I love how other sites call it “Hollywood’s Hottest Script!” with lemming like sincerity. Get real. This is the dregs and a far fall from where Singer was coming off of X2. I’m glad he’s returning to his genre sweetspot even if the script sounds tired. I guess this also confirms yet again that he’ll have nothing to do with the next Superman movie. That’s probably for the best for both parties. I didn’t like his take on Superman at all and the backlash over it did his career no favors.