Donovan Marsh’s latest, Hunter Killer, is now out with an official trailer ahead of its October 26 release. Arne L. Schmidt and Jamie Moss adapted the screenplay from the novel “Firing Point” by George Wallace and Don Keith.
It’s fair to say at this point that director Donovan Marsh’s new submarine war thriller, Hunter Killer, has seen quite its share of drama by now. The residual upheaval from the fallout at Relativity Media over bankruptcy in the last three years has since landed the film a new home at Summit Premiere with a theatrically release set for October 26.
Peter Craig and Jamie Moss wrote the script based on the George Wallace and Don Keith novel, Firing Point, about an American submarine commander sent deep in Russian waters to save an elected Russian president in the midst of a military coup.
Following Green Lantern and Casino Royale helmer Martin Campbell‘s attachment to the upcoming production of espionage submarine thriller, Hunter Killer as of late last year, Variety broke word that actor Gerard Butler will be joined by actors Common and Billy Bob Thorton. The film is based on the 2012 novel, “Firing Point”, co-written by Don Keith and retired U.S. Navy Commander George Wallace as a follow up to their 2003 best seller, “Final Bearing”, the latter book which centered on an espionage driven tale of the U.S.’s mission to put an end to a South American drug kingpin and his expansive cartel.
Common and Thorton will star in the respective roles of Rear Admiral John Fisk and Admiral Charles Donnegan, with Butler starring as Joe Glass, the untested captain of the USS Toledo who must foil a nefarious plot to start World War III by a rogue general holding the Russian president hostage in a sinked submarine a thousand feet below sea level under the polar ice cap. Origin Films’s Neal Moritz and Toby Jaffe are producing with Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh, with Relativity president Tucker Tooley serving as executive producer from a script by Peter Craig.
Common, off the heels of winning an Academy Award with singer John Legend for the hit song, “Glory” for the Selma soundtrack, currently stars in Jaume Collet-Serra’s new Liam Neeson thriller, Run All Night, while Thorton will soon appear in Doug Ellin’s June 5 feature theatrical extention of the hit show, Entourage. Butler can next be seen in Babak Najafi’s October 2 sequel release, London Has Fallen.
Live action cinematic adaptations of major action adventure novels are still a point of inspiration for film producers, and there are plenty that are in the works for TV and film, ranging from The Hunger Games and Divergent to properties like Jason Bourne, Mack Bolan and Rain as of late. Well, as of this week, Neal Moritz, Toby Jaffe and Ryan Kavanaugh are adding another to the mix in the form of Hunter Killer, with Green Lantern and Casino Royale helmer Martin Campbell back in the director’s chair.
The film is based on the 2012 novel, “Firing Point”, co-written by Don Keith and retired U.S. Navy Commander George Wallace as a follow up to their 2003 best seller, “Final Bearing”, the latter book that centered on an espionage driven tale of the U.S.’s mission to put an end to a South American drug kingpin and his expansive cartel. Campbell’s film will follow the story of the sequel as stated partially on Keith’s website:
A rogue Russian admiral has begun a plot to bring the planet to the brink of World War III, all so he can reunite the Soviet Union. Now, it is up to a U.S. Navy submarine, its untested captain, and a Navy SEAL team to rescue the president, avenge the deaths of American sub sailors and avert the conflagration.
Origin Films and Relativity are backing the film with X-Men: First Class scribe Jamie Moss providing the script with writers John Kolvenbach and Arne Schmidt. A cast hasn’t been set in place as things are just now developing, so stay tuned for more info as things develop!
H/T: The Wrap
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