Francis Lawrence to Direct Sgt. Rock
Heat Vision Blog is reporting that Francis Lawrence will direct Sgt. Rock, based on the WWII hero from DC Comics, based on a script by Chad St. John. Joel Silver, who has been steering the project for nearly 20 years, is teaming with Akiva Goldsman, who recently boarded as producer, to bring the project to the big screen via Warner Bros.
Sgt. Frank Rock was the leader of his infantry unit, Easy Company. He first appeared in a 1959 issue of “Our Army at War.” In 1977, the comic was renamed Sgt. Rock and ran until 1988. Until now, Sgt. Rock has retained its World War II setting with Silver and the studio trying to make a big-budget action adventure movie that was in the vein of The Dirty Dozen, which feature acts of American derring-do.The studio hopes moving the time period to the future solves the dilemma.
I do not see why they can’t make it a period piece and have it take place during WWII, I mean whats wrong with that era? I guess they think that there is a generation of people who will not understand the comic or something. Anyway I can’t wait to see this movie, it can be a lot of fun.
