Working Title is teaming up with Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson’s Leverage Production to create an English-language version of Fred Cavayé’s 2010 French thriller, Point Blank, according to Variety. Quite a few people in Hollywood have been sniffing around this one, but it’s only now that it’s moving forward.
The original French movie is about Pierret (Gilles Lellouche), a male nurse, who needs to setup the escape of a ganglord in order to keep his pregnant but kidnapped wife alive. The plan develops into a race through the streets of Paris, with Pierret having to avoid both the authorities and rival gangsters.
It hasn’t been confirmed whether Mark Wahlberg will star as well as produce. It’s likely he’ll wait until the script is ready before decided whether to appear in the movie.
Interestingly this English version isn’t the only redo of Point Blank in the works, as Korean producers are also working on an Asian take on the movie.
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