Liam Neeson Boards Suspense Thriller THE COMMUTER

Just last week, Liam Neeson joined an action comedy called The Revenger from the writers of Night at The Museum that will presumably poke some fun at his tough-guy persona. But he's apparently not done with that phase of his career quite yet: he's just signed on to play the lead in a suspense thriller called The Commuter, which Deadline says centers on a businessman who unwittingly gets caught up in a criminal conspiracy on his commute home. First-time writers Byron Willinger and Phil de Blasi wrote the screenplay.

About six months ago, Neeson said he planned on retiring from action films in about two years, so it looks like he's cramming in as many thrillers as possible before his self-proclaimed time is up. I don't blame him, but you'll have to forgive me if I'm not sold on The Commuter based on how little information there is available about the project at this point. Hopefully Neeson knows what he's getting himself into. Production begins in New York this spring. Let's see if they can come up with a better title before then.