Bruce Willis Still Playing the Action Hero! Circling 3 Action Film Projects

By Kevin Coll • April 30, 2009 • 2 Comments

Here is an idea. Let’s put [tag]Bruce Willis[/tag] in action film where he plays an ex-special ops expert who has to go back into the world of high-tech assassins to protect the woman he loves. Sounds a lot like Mission Impossible III to me.

In a story from THR Risky Business Blog, action icon Bruce Willis, who recently turned 54, is currently eyeing the starring role in [tag]Red[/tag], a WildStorm/DC Comic being developed at Summit Entertainment.

The role calls for Willis to be a former black-ops agent who has gone into retirement but is forced back into action when a high-tech assassin comes a-callin’ to threaten him and his girlfriend. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian are producing, and Erich and Jon Hoeber are writing the screenplay, which is based on the WildStorm/DC Comic. (DC’s Gregory Noveck is exec producing.)

Other projects that Willis is circling are all three action star flicks – not bad for a 54 year old. Willis has been in discussions to shoot and fight his way through a thriller for NuImage/Millenium titled [tag]Inventory[/tag], the CIA tale Red for Summit and the mob biopic [tag]Scarpa[/tag] for Morgan Creek.

Willis is still a great action star sell having revived his [tag]John McClane[/tag] character back in 2007 from the [tag]Die Hard[/tag] series that made him a star. Unlike Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones I still saw McClane as a cowboy cop who wanted to save the day from some terrorists with accents. I am glad Willis is continuing the typecasting roles he is good in but that is not to say I enjoyed his comedy stints or his family roles either. Willis is suprisingly versatile and has come a long way since Moonlighting that is for sure.

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