Always an actor I’ve enjoyed watching – MAX PAYNE aside – Mark Wahlberg and his Leverage Productions are working alongside Working Title Films on developing a US remake to Fred Cavayé’s French action-thriller POINT BLANK.
Wahlberg is hoping to do something similar as he did with international hit REYKJAVIK-ROTTERDAM, when he produced and starred in the surprisingly satisfying all-star remake CONTRABAND, although no word yet if he’ll headline the film.
Cavaye’s film, shot in 2010, sees Gilles Lellouche’s Samuel Pierret male nurse unknowingly save the life of a mobster (Roschdy Zem), whose brutal henchmen later take Samuel’s pregnant wife (Elena Anaya) hostage, forcing him to spring their boss from the hospital. A fast-paced race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, as Samuel attempts to escape the cops and the criminal underground and rescue his beloved and their unborn child.
Source: Variety
