Recently Gavin O’Connor has been busy stepping in at the last minute to direct the western Jane Got A Gun after Lynne Ramsey walked just a day before production was due to begin. But now the Warrior helmer has got time to think about the future, with Variety reporting that he’s planning to tackle a real-life story called Massacre In The Himalayas.
The film is based on a Men’s Journal article by Freddie Wilkinson, about a team of experienced international mountaineers who were attempting to conquer K2 in Pakistan. Climbing the mountain was difficult enough, but unexpected danger emerged when extremists attacked the party and killed 10 climbers, as well as the local Pakistani cook who had been travelling with them.
300 producer Gianni Nunnari bought the rights to the article, and now O’Connor has come onboard to direct. A writer is expected to be attached soon.
O’Connor comments, “I love the idea of using the colossal backdrop of K2, the second highest peak on earth, to explore a man’s battle for survival against the Taliban, nature, and himself. Our hero becomes a one-man army on a quest to avenge the deaths of his mountaineering team. His experience becomes a living nightmare, a lifetime journey, and a redefinition of the man.”
Tell No One has certainly been through the works in Hollywood. The adaptation of Harlan Coben’s novel has already had the likes of Ben Affleck and Andrew Dominik attached to direct, but they’ve all since moved on. Now a new helmer has moved in, with 
We’ve said this before, but it seems the cast of Jane Got A Gun is finally complete, with Ewan McGregor stepping in to on take the villain role in the movie. He replaces the recently departed Bradley Cooper, who dropped out due to scheduling problems.
It seems like Jane Got A Gun is bidding to join the ranks of legendary cursed productions, as after Michael Fassbender departed shortly before production due to scheduling problems, he was joined shortly afterwards by director Lynn Ramsay, who had creative differences with the producer. That led Jude Law to depart, who was then replaced by Bradley Cooper.
It seems like the problems with Jane Got A Gun have come to an end, as the cast has now been completed with Noah Emmerich stepping into the final main role, according to 
Hopefully the musical chairs cast and directing problems with Jane Got A Gun have come to an end, with Bradley Cooper stepping in to replace Jude Law in the Western, according to 
There aren’t many movies that have faced as much drama as Jane Got A Gun did this week. After several days of arguments with the producer, director Lynne Ramsay didn’t show up for the first day of the shoot. This resulted in a scramble to find a replacement, with Gavin O’Connor stepping in.
One of several Peter Pan projects doing the round in Hollywood is Neverland, which has Channing Tatum producing (although it doesn’t appear at the moment that he will star). Now the movie has a director, as