Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Carl Rinsch may not be directing the “Alien” prequel. But he’s got a pretty good alternative.
The commercials director, who had been loosely attached to the reboot of the sci-fi franchise, has landed the gig to helm “47 Ronin,” the samurai pic that’s set up at Universal with producers Scott Stuber and Pamela Abdy.
“Ronin” centers on a group of 18th century samurai who set out to avenge the death of their master. Keanu Reeves is attached to star in the film. Chris Morgan, who counts “Fast & Furious” and “Wanted” among his writing credits, penned the screenplay.
The CAA-repped Rinsch is the commercials wunderkind who made his name directing spots, many with futuristic themes, for the likes of Mercedes and Heineken.
He had originally been reported as attached to “Alien,” but reports later broke that Fox preferred Ridley Scott direct it himself (he had been on board only to produce). While there is no official word on “Alien,” Rinsch now likely won’t direct the prequel.
Samurai tales were for decades a staple in Japan, where movies like Kobayashi’s “Harikiri” and Kurosawa’s “Sanshiro Sugata” and “Seven Samurai” became broad hits. In the U.S. their audience has often been limited to a more arthouse audience, though Hollywood tried most notably in 2003 with Ed Zwick’s “The Last Samurai,” a Tom Cruise starrer that earned $455 million globally.
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I am a huge fan of classic Japanese Samurai films. If anyone can accurately portray living “bushido” it’s Keanu Reeves!!!
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i saw the last samurai and i can imagine that keanu would fit in such a movie. No doubt that he is a better actor than the other one forgot his name just now. Haha. So again good luck.
Keanu Reeves is not in the movie ronin 47 passengers Generation Umm or henry’s crime at all!!!
47 Ronin will start filming on February 28th and so far Keanu is still listed as a member of the cast. Generation Um… already finished filming and the picture of sad Keanu with a cupcake all alone was during the filming of Generation Um… What comes to Henry’s Crime just watch the trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3109132825/ I hope that this answer helped.
I don’t know how you can contact Keanu Reeves directly, there are few fanmail addresses listed at the contact Keanu section but other than that I personally don’t know.
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