BRAVEHEART Writer Randall Wallace Set to Write and Direct Vatican Thriller Pic THE SWISS GUARD
Oscar-nominated writer Randall Wallace (Braveheart, Pearl Harbor) has been hired to direct the upcoming action adventure thriller The Swiss Guard from the script he wrote. Wallace will produce along with Bruce Hendricks, former President of Production at The Walt Disney Studios, and Steve Beeks, the former co-President of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, will serve as EP.
Deadline reports the following synopsis:
The project is set in the modern-day Vatican and centers around a plot to kidnap the newly installed Pope who has committed himself to total reform of the Church and its finances. When a corps of assassins enter the Vatican, all that stands between them and their mission is a woman, the first female Swiss Guard, who has just
been summoned by the Pope to help him confront a mysterious past and a dangerous future.
Along with Wallace’s acclaimed writing credits, he also directed The Man in the Iron Mask, We Were Soldiers, Secretariat, and Heaven Is for Real.
Wallace said of this film:
“The Swiss Guard is exactly the kind of movie I want to make and want to see…a thrilling story about ultimate courage and love. I’m honored to be teaming up with people of such professionalism and integrity, and for the faith shown by Clair de Lune in our mission.”
This sounds like a fascinating story, and I’m excited to see what Wallace does with it. Does The Swiss Guard spark your interest?