Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Vacancy Writer Scripting New John Hillcoat Thriller and Remake of Martyrs

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Because John Hillcoat has a strange machinima mini-film coming out to promote the game Red Dead Redemption later this week, I've been wondering about his other upcoming projects. And now we've got a report that Vacancy and The Hold 3D writer Mark L. Smith is writing The Revenant, which Hillcoat will direct, with Christian Bale currently in talks to star. If that isn't enough for Smith, he's got a couple of other big scripts going, including a remake of the firebrand French film Martyrs.Read the rest of this post on SlashFilm.com…

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