Jason Momoa is now in talks to hitch forces with John Wick director David Leitch for a wild new motion thriller. It has been revealed that the Aquaman and A Minecraft Film star will each take the lead and produce the motion thriller, which boasts the type of elevator pitch that motion film goals are sometimes made from.
Coming by way of Deadline, Momoa and Leitch will team-up for The Pirate, which has been described as “The Raid set on a pirate ship.” In case you’ve been dwelling on Mars in a cave together with your eyes shut and your fingers in your ears, The Raid is nothing lower than one of many biggest motion films ever made, and whereas plot particulars for The Pirate stay below wraps, we will little question assume that the motion outing will discover Momoa trapped on a ship and combating his method via hordes of enemies.
The Pirate has been written by Will Dunn, who not too long ago penned the script for The Peasant, one other motion car set to be led and helmed by Monkey Man star Dev Patel. Dunn’s “scorching spec script” for The Pirate has now been picked up for distribution by Amazon MGM Studios, with David Leitch producing and eyeing directing duties. Different producers on the motion thriller venture embody Kelly McCormick for 87North and Momoa below his banner On the Roam.
Jason Momoa & David Leitch Collectively Guarantees Motion Film Perfection
David Leitch has develop into recognized for blockbuster motion following his co-direction of the primary John Wick alongside Chad Stahelski again in 2014. Since then, Leitch has created a tone of his personal with the likes of Atomic Blone, Deadpool 2, Quick & Livid Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Bullet Practice, and final 12 months’s The Fall Man. Leitch has a number of main initiatives at present within the pipeline alongside The Pirate, together with the long-awaited adaptation of the favored online game Gears of Conflict and the crime thriller The way to Rob a Financial institution starring Nicholas Hoult, Pete Davidson, and Zoë Kravitz.
Jason Momoa, in the meantime, noticed big field workplace success because of A Minecraft Film, which got here frustratingly near grossing $1 billion worldwide. The actor, who can also be set to return to the world of comedian e-book films as he joins James Gunn’s DCU as Lobo in Supergirl, can at present be seen taking the lead within the Apple TV+ historic drama Chief of Conflict, which has been met with crucial acclaim and now holds a massively spectacular rating of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Momoa continues to be a significant draw for audiences and, alongside The Pirate, the actor is because of return for the sci-fi epic sequel Dune: Half Three; will be a part of forces with fellow motion hero and Dune co-star Dave Bautista in The Wrecking Crew; is about to star within the thriller drama Within the Hand of Dante; and not too long ago joined the forged of the upcoming Road Fighter reboot as fan-favorite character, Blanka.