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Rob Cohen’s long-awaited Razor adaptation now has a star attached in the form of Emma Dumont. As Deadline’s Amanda N’Duka reported on Monday, the actress known for her latest portrayal as Polaris in Fox’s Marvel TV series, The Gifted, is set to star in the new film based on the work author and illustrator Everett Hartsoe, who created the character in 1991 upon launching London Night Studios prior to its shared prominence with The Crow comic book series between 1998 and 1999.
The character will be given an updated look for the film centered on the Nicole Mitchell, a young woman who equips herself with amplified fighting prowess in addition to surgically bladed arms to go after the man who killed her LAPD detective father ten years after the trauma of witnessing his death. The production was previously reported
last year to be one of two comic adaptations from Cohen that would tie into each other with the other being
Stryke, although that remains to be seen with a few new people now attached behind the scenes.
“Emma is a renaissance woman,” said director Cohen. “She’s a wonderful actress, a professional ballet dancer, and is currently getting her degree in Robotics Engineering. I have her training in Krav Maga and, believe me, there is nothing she can’t do.”
Most added, “Emma was born to play Razor. She is the embodiment of Everette Hartsoe’s comic character come to life. Emma naturally exudes the inner strength, acumen, athleticism, vulnerability, likability and street-wise intelligence that are the hallmarks of “Razor”. I couldn’t be more excited about finding the right actress in Emma to bring the character of Razor to life.”
Movie View International, Big Fish, Head Gear, and Truth Fair Investment are backing the project with producers Jeff Most (The Crow) and Philip Lee (The Dark Knight) still attached; new producer additions are Grant Cramer (Lone Survivor), Anna Wang (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2) and Christopher Milburn (Hunter’s Prayer).
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