Are Jason Statham and Mickey Rourke total best buds now? The duo are in the forthcoming English language remake of “13” (which was supposed to be unveiled at SXSW but got pulled at the last minute by the studio) and the forthcoming action vehicle “Expendables.” Now it appears they are set to re-team once again, this time with Javier Bardem for Tony Scott’s “Potsdamer Platz.”
The film, which has long been on Scott’s plate of projects, is “a drama about two soldiers in a New Jersey-based crime family who try to expand internationally.” We imagine that will result in lots of explosions. The title is a placeholder for now, as the location has supposedly been changed from Germany to Puerto Rico.
Tony Scott movies generally give us headaches and seizures but we’re intrigued by this one, as the original script by Buddy Giovinazzo (“Life Is Hot In Cracktown”) has been re-written by the “Sexy Beast” team of David Scinto and Louis Mellis. Additionally, Scott is trying to get Gene Hackman to step out of retirement for a role in the film which would be quite a coup.
Financing is currently being pulled together for what the filmmakers hope to be a fall start date.
