Any project starring the great Kevin Costner gets me excited and he’s looking at an action-man reinvention of Liam Neeson-like proportions with action-thriller THREE DAYS TO KILL. The project has been co-written by TAKEN creator Luc Besson, however, the less said about the choice of director the better (it’s the silly monikered McG by the way).
The film will see THE UNTOUCHABLES and JFK star as Secret Service Agent Ethan Runner, who decides to retire and spend more time with his estranged family after learning he doesn’t have long to live. He is soon offered the chance to take an experimental drug that will prolong, and even save his life – providing he takes on one last mission. This decision becomes a struggle as he tries to keep the promise he made to his loved ones and the job he must complete, with the new drug’s hallucinatory side-effects.
THE RUM DIARY and DRIVE ANGRY stunner Amber Heard has now joined the cast as the Agent offering Runner’s veteran, the life-saving opportunity. Shooting is set to commence early next year for a release expected 2014. TRUE GRIT’s Oscar-nomiated young actress Hailee Steinfeld is also onboard as Costner’s daughter.
Source: Variety
