Doug Liman
 
The director is looking to steer the remake of the popular Burt
Reynolds-Farrah Fawcett 1981 car-race film.
 
High-octane director Doug Liman is revving up his engines for a remake of
The Cannonball Run.
 
The filmmaker behind Edge of Tomorrow and Mr. and Mrs. Smith is in early
talks to direct the modern take on the 1981 comedy hit that was helmed by
master stuntman Hal Needham, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
 
The premise involves a group of rule-breaking misfits that team up to
compete in a cross-country road race from Connecticut to California.
 
The initial movie was an all-star endeavor toplined by Burt Reynolds, Roger
Moore, Farah Fawcett, Dean Martin, Dom DeLuise and a young Jackie Chan.
 
Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant wrote the script for the new incarnation.
 
Rawson Marshall Thurber was circling the project last year, but his focus
is now on Red Notice, an action project with Dwayne Johnson.
 
Liman is in the middle of postproduction and scheduling reshoots for Chaos
Walking, his adaptation of a YA novel by Patrick Ness that stars Tom
Holland and Daisy Ridley.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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