If Zombieland and Gangster Squad director Ruben Fleischer can't have 007 then he'll settle for Spy Hunter, the long-gestating adaptation of the classic video game that's now set to be produced by Lin Pictures for Warner Bros. Fleischer became attached to the project in September.
In an exclusive chat with ComingSoon, Fleischer said, "If I can make any movie, it would be a James Bond movie. I've always loved the genre but I don't think they'll hire an American to direct a James Bond movie, I've been told, so for me, Spy Hunter is an opportunity to create a new spy franchise. It sounds silly but that was my favorite video game when I was a kid and it had a great title and a great theme song, but there's no real other associations that people have with it other than a cool car, so I feel like there's a lot of room for us to invent a new character and a new series. I think just the Spy Hunter that is the most bad-ass spy who hunts down rogue spies is a really cool launch pad for an idea and I hope that we can bring it to life."
One line jumps out here and that's "there's a lot of room for us to invent a new character." Does that mean Fleischer's version won't use Alex Decker as its protagonist? Or perhaps he just means the movie will allow him to redefine who Decker is exactly? We'll see.
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