It’s been one hell of a year for Chris Pratt, who went from the slightly chubby guy from Park & Recreation to being a bona fide movie star with Guardians Of The Galaxy.
However he won’t just be sticking with Star Lord, as Collider suggests that he’ll be taking the lead role in Cowboy Ninja Viking.
The film has been in the works for some time, based on the comic series by writer A. J. Lieberman and artist Riley Rossmo. The film follows a secret government program to turn schizophrenics into assassins.
Pratt will be Duncan, who comes through the program with the skill sets of a cowboy, ninja and a viking. While most of the patients involved in the program are sent back to insane asylum after the program goes awry in Iraq, he escapes and uses his skills to track down the billionaire who masterminded the program.
While Marc Forster (Quantum Of Solace, World War Z) signed up to direct in 2012, he’s no longer involved and no other director has been hired as yet.
Quantum Of Solace may have been widely derided, but director World War Z is hoping that the Brad Pitt zombie epic World War Z will turn him into a major genre director, and now it looks like he’s found his follow-up.