the janson directive

THE JANSON DIRECTIVE: John Cena Replaces The Rock To Star

Gather what you will regarding recent hype and hope over John Cena’s strive toward joining the Fast And Furious spin-off realm. It’s worth keeping in mind now that we have some fresh and solid news in the trades four years since news broke of what would have been Dwayne Johnson’s starring attachment to an adaptation of late Bourne author Robert Ludlum’s posthumous 2002 novel, The Janson Directive. As of Monday, Johnson’s social media endorsement of wrestler-cum-actor John Cena (Blockers, Train Wreck) further and finally sets things in motion over at Universal Pictures with Johnson executive producing with Seven Bucks partners Dany Garcia. It’s not known yet if the studio will continue forward with its plans as announced in 2016 for a Ludlum-based cinematic universe with The Janson Directive as the launchpad. James Vanderbilt, who co-wrote Johnson’s breakout hit film, The Rundown in 2003, is adapting the novel centered on a covert ops […]

Universal's THE JANSON DIRECTIVE Will Kick Off A Robert Ludlum-based Cinematic Universe

Lee B. Golden III

Director Paul Greengrass’s Jason Bourne is not too far off from its theatrical release on July 29, which could be all the more better timing with news now officially being made clear on Universal Pictures’s newest efforts toward another movieverse. The one question will encompass that of the millieu established in late author Robert Ludlum’s posthumously published 2002 novel, The Janson Directive, which took off with headlines in the summer of 2014 before being confirmed the following Fall with actor Dwayne Johnson and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman attached. This week, the studio is putting its hunger on full display for more than just a franchise according to THR’s Heat Vision Blog which writes that Johnson’s The Janson Directive will be first of Universal’s Ludlum movieverse out of the woodworks. Goldsman will be joined by screenwriter James Vanderbilt and his partners at Mythology Entertainment to get a script going for an interweaving […]

Dwayne Johnson Confirms THE JANSON DIRECTIVE, Tweets Screenwriter

Lee B. Golden III

It’s considerably awesome seeing Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson become one of the most entertaining and bankable actors working in film these days. The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King, and The Rundown were a huge jumpstart for the former wrestler whose move into film has since brought him in the throes of some of the biggest franchises to to date, including The Fast And The Furious saga and the G.I. Joe movies. Despite his flexible willingness as an actor, he’s particularly one that anyone would look forward to seeing in an action-packed story. Well, Universal Pictures announed its readiness to answer the call back in June when it was reported that Johnson was up for the lead role in new espionage thriller, The Janson Directive, based on the work of Jason Bourne author and creator, the late Robert Ludlum. This week however, the hulking actor took to Twitter to confirm his involvement […]