Michael Keaton and Samuel L. Jackson Set to Star in a New Assassin Action-Thriller Called THE ASSET
Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, and Maggie Q are set to star in an upcoming action-thriller that’s in development called The Asset. The film comes from director Martin Campbell who previously helmed The Foreigner and Casino Royale.
The story follows Rembrandt (Keaton) and Anna (Maggie Q), “two of the world’s premier assassins who share a mysterious past from Vietnam. For years, they traversed the globe competing for high-profile contracts. But when Anna’s mentor Moody (Jackson) is murdered, she and Rembrandt must form an uneasy alliance and return to Vietnam to track down his killer.”
This sounds like it’ll be an intense film with a solid story, but I’m especially excited about the cast. This is going to be a great project for Keaton, Jackson, and Q. It not hard to imagine any of them as deadly assassins.
The script for the film was written by Richard Wenk (The Equalizer 2), and it will be produced by Arthur Sarkissian (Rush Hour ), Moshe Diamant (The Hurricane Heist), and Rob Van Norden (Rambo: Last Blood).
The film is set up at Millennium Films, and Millennium’s Jeffrey Greenstein said, “The Asset is the whole package, and we are excited to bring Richard Wenk’s masterful, muscular script to life with the all-star talent of Michael, Samuel, and Maggie. Having a great director like Martin Campbell at the helm will make all the difference in turning this into a big, stylish, and action-packed thrill ride.”
Does this sound like a film project you’d enjoy watching?
Source: Deadline