Liam Neeson is an 'Unknown White Male'
Thu, August 6, 2009
Liam Neeson -- from a Jedi to a pissed off father with special ops training, he never fails to deliver. He is one of those actors who raises the quality of any movie he is in with his class and presence.
After the success of "Taken," he is venturing back into the high-concept, low-budget action thriller genre with his next project, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Liam Neeson has signed to star in "Unknown White Male," a thriller from Dark Castle and Warner Bros.
Jaume Collet-Serra, who helmed Dark Castle's latest production, "Orphan," is directing; Joel Silver is producing.
The script, by Karl Gajdusek, centers on a doctor (Neeson) who, while visiting Berlin with his wife, is in a car accident that leaves him in a coma. He awakens to find that he seemingly has been replaced by another man, one with sinister intentions, leading the good doctor on a frantic quest to uncover the truth.
Shooting is due to begin in January in Berlin.
Sounds like a pretty cool concept to me and will rely heavily on the aforementioned presence of Neeson to drive it along. Hopefully, the concept can deliver beyond the intriguing premise -- as that is half the battle with these kinds of movies.
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I may be one of the few people left who has yet to see "Taken" ...