According to THR, Summit Entertainment is in negotiations with both John C. Reilly and Mary-Louise Parker to join the already impressive cast of Red (an adaptation of the Wildstorm/DC Comics miniseries) which includes Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren.
Red tells the tale of a former black-ops agent (Bruce Willis) who has to fight to survive when younger, gadget wielding assassins show up to kill him.
If the negotiations go through, and I hope they will, Reilly would play a paranoid, retired CIA agent and Parker would play the film’s romantic interest.
Personally, I think this would be awesome. John C. Reilly has had his ups and downs, but he is a great performer and he could definitely do a great job playing a crazy ex-agent paranoid of everything and everyone around him. I also love Mary-Louise Parker’s work with Weeds and would love to see her in more big screen roles. Here’s to hoping!
Directed by Robert Schwentke and written by Jon and Erich Hoeber, Red is one of the more high-profile projects selling at this year’s American Film Market.
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