From far off Bavaria we have a suave scooper named Rico and he has a tidbit to give us... Possibly a major scoop if negotiations go through on this. Keanu Reeves as Jonathon in ROLLERBALL. Well... At least I have the original. Keanu is fun, but for me... he's a bit young for the role. Well... at least in terms of the story as it's written in the original film. Given I haven't seen their script... it might be completely different. We'll have to wait and see.
Morning Harry,
Rico here.
This is just a tiny tidbit for those interested in the ROLLERBALL remake John McTiernan has in the works. McTiernan (with his arm broken from a horseback riding accident) called me up about a week ago from Wyoming. We talked about THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, his head banging with Michael Crichton ("Crichton and I don't like each other!") on THE 13TH WARRIOR (with the version currently running in the theatres reflecing basically Crichton's suggestions) and his upcoming ROLLERBALL remake. Turns out that, according to McTiernan, Nic Cage won't play the lead. Instead, he told me, "it will probably be Keanu Reeves". You can read a transcript of the the entire conversation here, in German though: CLICK HERE!!
Take care and best regards from Bavaria.
Rico
