Homefront
Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham are ( re)joining forces afterThe Expndables 2 , but not in the way you might call up . The latter is headlining the action - thrillerHomefrontbased on a script by Sly ( who ’s also producing ) and under the direction of Gary Fleder , better known for helming such films asKiss the GirlsandRunaway Jury .
TheHomefrontcast has add James Franco , who ’ll join Statham when master photography gets going this September down in New Orleans . Franco has recently been working on Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen’sThe ending of the World(where he plays … well , James Franco ) and headline Disney’sOz the Great and Powerful . It looks as though Franco ’s die to forge onHomefrontbefore he reteams with Jonah Hill forTrue Story .
Homefrontbears a clear resemblance toCop Land(which Sly only headline , for the record ) . The former revolve around ex - DEA agent Phil Broker ( Statham ) who move his family to a modest township , in the hopes of leave his dark-skinned account behind . Once there , though , Phil discover an underbelly of drug - fueled furiousness simmer beneath the quiet surface , and finally attract unwanted care from an evil drug lord called Gator ( Franco - there ’s aGreen Hornetjoke in there somewhere , but , moving on … ) .
Fleder ’s film mark a rare occasion where Stallone scripts a project that he neither star in nor directs . Sly , of course , fall to dramaturgy inExpendables 2- succeed by the buddy - cop thrillerBullet to the Head , the prison house escape thrillerThe Tomb(costarring Arnold Schwarzenegger ) , and the retired pugilist comedyGrudge Matchwith Robert De Niro .
Statham ’s upcoming film slate includesParkerandHummingbird , the feature - duration directorial debut of Steven Knight ( writer ofEastern hope ) . He ’s also attach to Brian De Palma ’s remake of Burt Reynolds ' criminal offence - dramaHeat , and there ’s a good chance he ’ll reteam with Stallone forExpendables 3 .
That ’s all to say : there are sight of exciting Statham action moving picture on the horizon , for fans who are n’t overly - enthused to see Stath take on Franco inHomefront .
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Source : Variety
