After the success of Taken and Gran Torino, Hollywood has been on a vigilante kick. And right now, Bryan Singer (along with studio execs all over town) has been seriously considering getting his revenge on with The Prisoners, a much-sought-after thriller script to which Mark Wahlberg is attached to star as a Boston dad who takes the law into his own hands when his young daughter is kidnapped. The screenplay, which has been compared to The Silence of the Lambs and Seven, has been buzzed about as a calling card for its unknown writer, Aaron Guzikowski, and as a rare project targeted at adult audiences but with real commercial potential. When asked whether The Prisoners will be his next movie, Singer told EW: 'I don't know yet. But I'm definitely intrigued. It's a great script. And I'd love to work with Mark.' source: EW
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Nicolas Cage To Star In 3D Action Revenge Movie Drive Angry

August 31, 2009 | Posted by Staff in Movie News, Read| 0 comments
nick_cageThe actor has signed to star in “Drive Angry,” a revenge action movie that Patrick Lussier will direct for Nu Image/Millenium Films. Michael De Luca is producing.

Written by Lussier and Todd Farmer, the story centers on a man (Cage) driven by rage who is chasing the people who killed his daughter and kidnapped her baby. The vendetta/rescue spins out of control as the chase gets bloodier by the mile, leaving bodies strewn along the highway.

Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Avi Lerner and Boaz Davidson are executive producing for Nu Image/Millennium, which is planning to begin production in April in Louisiana; the company has a new $10 million studio in Shreveport, La.

“Angry” will be the first foray into 3D for Nu Image/Millenium and marks a return to the format for Lussier. The director, who got his feature start editing horror movies for Wes Craven, last directed “My Bloody Valentine 3D,” which grossed $51 million domestically this year.

For the CAA-repped Cage, “Angry” is the third collaboration with Nu Image/Millenium. The latest, “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans,” hits the festival circuit beginning with Telluride before going on to Venice and Toronto.

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