JOHN WICK Writer Derek Kolstad Developing a New Dramatic Thriller ACOLYTE
Rivulet Films has picked up the rights to the dramatic thriller Acolyte, an original script from John Wick writer Derek Kolstad. The story is a longtime passion project for Kolstad and follows Robert Miller (aka Acolyte) who returns home to find his home ransacked and his wife Helen missing, along with top secret files from her harrowing NGO work in Syria.
He moves with an intense skill and determination that belies his everyman appearance, assembling his highly classified and long-disbanded team Athena, Helios, Talos, Hades, Cerberus, Icarus, and Hermes to execute a most lethal operation: rescuing Helen and bringing hell to her captors and their corrupt political allies.
The film’s producers, Rivulet Films’ Rob Paris and Mike Witherill said of the project:
“In Acolyte, Derek has delivered the perfect follow-up franchise to John Wick and the ensemble of amazing characters he has intricately woven throughout the script offer us an endless array of stories to tell for many years to come.”
This sounds like many films we’ve seen over the years, like Taken and Nobody, among others. Hopefully this story will be different and a step above what we’ve seen before. With Kolstad writing, there’s a good chance this could turn out alright. Acolyte is set to be fast-tracked into production with more news on director and cast to come.
via: Deadline