Orlando Bloom, Ewan McGregor, Daniel Craig and Tom Hardy are all said to be competing for the lead role in co-writer/ director Nick Love‘s planned remake of the classic 1970’s British TV show The Sweeney.
The plot for the original show goes as follows: “The Flying Squad, an elite branch of London’s police force, takes on organized crime in this gritty cop show from the United Kingdom. Detective Inspector Jack Regan (John Thaw) is willing to do whatever it takes to bring down the bad guys, but his approach often rankles his by-the-book partner, George Carter (Dennis Waterman). The groundbreaking 1970s series sees the two heading a team that often goes undercover in England’s dangerous underworld.”
John Thaw (Inspector Morse) played the role in the original show, which was f-ing awesome!
Who is the best man for the role?
The word is that the new film is trying to get before the cameras before the end of the year.
