Alex Proyas To Produce And Godfather Shane Abbess' ‘Future Perfect’
Most of the best filmmakers got their starts when another, more experienced, filmmaker took them under their wing. Famous examples include Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas, Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth (who was also mentored to a lesser extent by David Lynch), Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp, Roger Corman and everyone and next up,Shane AbbesshasAlex Proyas.
TheLos Angeles Timesreports that Proyas will produce and “godfather” a film calledFuture Perfectwhich Abbess, an Australian director who almost didSource Code, will direct.Future Perfectfocuses on an older man and younger girl, both genetically enhanced assassins, who are forced to go on the run. ThinkHannaandThe ProfessionalmeetsPaper Moon. Read more after the break.
TheLA Times 24 Framesfilm blog broke the news of Proyas and Abbess' professional relationship. Basically, they hope it’ll mirror what Jackson and Blomkamp did onDistrict 9by making a small budget movie outside of the Hollywood system that will look big budget and tell a more intimate and interesting story. The script was written byBrian McGreevyandLee Shipman, who are currently working on remakes ofZorroandDracula.
Abbess made the 2007 filmGabrielandwas recently attached to make a filmcalledThe 7th Day. There’s no word on which of the two films might come first.
Proyas, of course, is the director ofThe Crow, Dark CityandKnowingand himself has a few projects lined up includingAMPandParadise Lostwhich Bradley Cooper, currently seen inThe Hangover Part II,is attached to star in.
Are you familiar with Abbess' work? Do you think the father daughter assassin thing still has room to be explored?
