Stop me if you’ve heard this one before- a prisoner is offered his freedom if he commits to a dangerous rescue operation of the president’s daughter, who has been kidnapped by violent inmates inside an abandoned prison.
Now take that premise, make the man innocent of his crime of espionage, set it aboard a prison in outer space, cast Guy Pearce as the lead and make Luc Besson produce and co-write. Do I have your attention yet?
Deadline reports today that Besson’s Europacorp is in talks with Sony Pictures to distribute Lockout. They were the folks who distributed his last sci-fi epic The Fifth Element as well as The Professional, so perhaps they’ll bite. Co-writers James Mather and Stephen St. Leger will direct.
Maggie Grace, formerly of Lost but perhaps best known as the kidnapped teenager from Taken, will play the president’s daughter. Hopefully she won’t get typecast in all kidnapee roles, as she’s also going to appear in the upcoming Taken sequel (More Taken? Taken Again? Takener?)
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Nice choice of picture dude.
Guy Pearce is awesome. And that is all I have to say.
Know who isn't hot? Maggie Grace.
Take harder
Live Free or Taken
Take That?
I guess someone has to. Taken 2: Electric Boogaloo
Taken Begins
Took.
Look Who's Taken Now
"Luc Besson produce"??? For the love of Mike, will Luc ever direct again!?
Back to the Taken
TAKEN can bite me (so can Maggie Grace). But, the point is, Guy Pearce oughta be a movie star, and maybe this will get him there. Maybe.
Taken Two: The Limit.
Taken 2: Taken Harder (Haha, that made me laugh.)
TAKENS
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