In an exclusive fromDeadline,John Woois set to make his American action movie return withSilent NightstarringThe Suicide SquadactorJoel Kinnaman. This time the hook is telling a loud action story without a single word of dialogue.
Sources close to Deadline say the story is as simple as a father going to the underworld to avenge his young son’s death.John Wick’sBasil Iwanyk,Erica Lee,Christian Mercuri, andLori Tilkinare producing and Capstone’sRuzanna Kegeyanis overseeing the project withJoe Gatta. Kinnaman is the only star attached at this time, but casting is currently underway for the film. Kinnaman himself is no stranger to the action genre with films like theSuicide Squadmovies,Safe House, and theRobocopremake under his belt.
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Woo got his start in Chinese cinema in the 1970s with films such asThe Young Dragons,The Dragon Tamers, andThe Hand of Death. He later became a household name in America in the 1990s, directing action films likeHard Target,Broken Arrow, theNicholas CageandJohn Travolta-starringFace/Off, and theTom Cruise-ledMission Impossible 2. After a decade of making American action films, he would return to the Chinese market with a mixture of action and war films such as his most recently released 2017 filmManhunt. His last American action film was 2003’sPaycheckand, while there is no other news or a release date at this time, action fans everywhere should get excited for Woo’s return to American cinemas.
Action films have never left American pop culture, but ever since films likeTaken, these types of movies have gotten an energetic resurgence. TheJohn Wickfranchise,Nobody, andExtractionare some of the finer examples of the genre in recent memory. Given Woo’s unique eye for visual storytelling, it will be interesting to see what a modern revenge-style action movie from him. With the underworld involved and there being no dialogue,Silent Nightsounds like it is going to be one of the more compelling action offerings to look forward to in the future. Stay tuned to Collider for more as this project moves forward.
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