Doug Liman’s Untitled Moon Project Approaching Lift Off
Just yesterday we wrote thatDoug Limanwas developing a period epicabout a famous bodyguard by the name of Two-Gun Cohen. NowThe Hollywood Reportersays he’s got yet another film in development that’s picking up steam and might shoot as early as this summer.
Since 2007, Liman has been attached to direct a sci-fi heist film formerly calledLuna. The nowuntitled Moon Moviecenters on a group of former space employees who steal equipment in order to illegally head into space for a new energy source. Things get complicated, however, when they decide to kidnap a NASA employee. Jake Gyllenhaal had long been attached with Liman but he’s since moved on. To take his place, male actors such asAndrew Garfield, Chris PineandEmile Hirschall took meetings recently whileRosario Dawson, Megan Fox, Rachel McAdams, Eva Mendes, Zoe SaldanaandOlivia Wildehave met to discuss female roles. Read more about the project after the break.
InThe Hollywood Reporter’s exclusive story, they say that Paramount (which inherited the project from DreamWorks) is currently very high on the project, which has undergone several rewrites by the likes ofMark Bowden, Ken NolanandSimon Kinberg.
Liman had previouslybeen developing a film calledAll You Need is Kill, described as “Groundhog DaymeetsStarship Troopers” but, according to the report, “Kill… is now cooling down, whileMoonheats up.” Meeting with tons of young actors like the ones mentioned above will do that to a project.
Still, don’t get your hopes up just yet for this film. Limanhas been attached to several filmsthat never saw the light of day and while theHollywood Reportersays he’d love to shoot this movie over the summer, a lot of it is going to be based on what kind of cast he can bring together and what their chemistry is like.
Would you rather see Liman tackle this sci-fi heist film or the period epic he’s also currently developing?
