Frank Grillo Will Become The WHEELMAN in Action Thriller For Netflix

Frank Grillo can currently be seen kicking Cap's ass on the big screen as Crossbones in Captain America: Civil War, but soon he'll be taking his talents to the small screen. Netflix has acquired the rights to an action film called The Wheelman, in which Grillo will star. He's also making his producing debut here alongside Joe Carnahan (The Grey).

Writer/director Jeremy Rush is making his feature directorial debut (and his feature-length screenwriting debut) with this film, which has the following synopsis:

The wheelman is Grillo – a getaway driver thrust into a high stakes race-to-survive after a bank robbery goes terribly wrong. With a car full of money and his family on the line, the clock is ticking to figure out who double-crossed him, and the only person he can trust…his fourteen-year-old daughter. All reasons to think fast, and drive faster.

I first read about this project a few days ago, and the description made it sound so much like the stunningly godawful Ethan Hawke/Selena Gomez movie Getaway that I didn't even bother to write about it. But Netflix has become synonymous with quality, and the streaming service picking this up and putting its stamp on the movie might mean it's a little better than that generic description would indicate. I suppose for movies like these it's all about the execution and seeing if the director can show us something we've never seen before, so here's hoping Rush can pull it off. Grillo has definitely proven he can be a badass on screen in movies ranging from Warrior to The Purge: Anarchy and beyond, so I don't doubt he'll be able to bring his A game...it's just a matter of whether or not the story and action can justify this movie's existence. Production starts this fall.

Via: Variety