Will We Get Another John McTiernan Action Movie?? Maybe...

Merrick here...
John McTiernan (DIE HARD, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, DIE HARD: WITH A VENGEANCE, THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR remake, PREDATOR, the under appreciated 13th WARRIOR, and more) may return to action film making if everything falls into place just right. The picture would be called SHRAPNEL, and revolves around two war veterans who are hunting each other. While admittedly uneven on the whole (ROLLERBALL being an example, but what director doesn't waver from time to time?), top-form McTiernan offers a style, bravado, and (sometimes) humanity seldom matched in the action/thriller genre. It would be super, double plus good to see him get back in the game and (hopefully) knock one out of the park. In the same way the industry could benefit from an infusion of old-style Verhoeven, it could also use a big, honkin' injection of McT. There's just one pesky catch...

What is unclear is what impact McTiernan's legal tangle will have on the project. He faces sentencing on Oct. 4 after he pled guilty in July to making false statements to law enforcement officials when he was questioned during their investigation of Hollywood private detective Anthony Pellicano. A spokeswoman for the director said that the plea was conditional based on the results of his appeal.

...says Variety HERE. Written by Evan Daugherty and produced by Paul Breuls and Anthony Rhulen, SHRAPNEL is being "introduced" at the now-underway Toronto International Film Festival. If we get any reports about this project from the fest, we'll let you know...
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