If you asked most people who’d they’d expect to pair up for a movie, few people would say James Franco and Jason Statham – especially working from a script by Sylvester Stallone. However perhaps it shouldn’t be the surprising, as Franco seems to make it his mission in life to confound expectations.
Variety reports that’s just what’s happening, as Franco has signed on to star alongside Jason Statham in Homefront. The movie is about Phil Broker (Jason Statham), a former DEA agent who moves his family to a quiet town to escape his past. However, he discovers the town is overrun by a dangerous meth distributor named Gator (James Franco).
Gary Fleder is directing from a script by Sylvester Stallone. It isn’t known if Sylvester Stallone plans on starring in the project as well.
With the European Film Market gearing up at the Berlin Film Festival, loads of new movies are being announced, in the hope they’ll pick up sales at the event. One of the latest to be revealed is a remake of the 1987 Burt Reynolds feature film Heat, with Jason Statham set to star and Brian De Palma directing the action film from a script adapted by two-time Oscar winner William Goldman (Witness, Butch Cassidy).
For the last six months or so, Eastern Promises screenwriter Steven Knight has been putting together Hummingbird, which he wants to be his directorial debut (well, he helmed a few episodes of the Jasper Carrot sitcom The Detectives in the early 90s, but that doesn’t count).