Cowboy. Ninja. Viking., The Magnificent Seven, Guardians Of The Galaxy 2…times are great for actor Chris Pratt. He’ll soon be running with a pack of raptors in this June’s Jurassic World which will undoubtedly add to the fanfare surrounding earlier suspicions and hopes he would otherwise take the mantle as Indiana Jones…but we’ll save that talk for another time, maybe.
Word from THR indicates Pratt is up to star in The Real McCoy, newly acquired by Universal Pictures following a bidding war with Warner Bros. in the last two days. The film will be produced by originator Tom McNulty and producer Michael De Luca with a script by The Judge scribe Bill Dubuque which sets Pratt as the lead in the American 1930’s Prohibition Era, inspired by the real-life story of bootlegger Bill McCoy who smuggled clean, uncut rum from the Bahamas into the states without help from the mob.
A director isn’t attached yet as we await for more details on this, but this is exciting news for anyone who’s become a fan of Pratt since last year. Stick around!
H/T: Comingsoon.net