David Gordon Green, who seems to have his career back on path with the wonderful PRINCE AVALANCHE and the upcoming JOE, has signed on to direct THE LINE, a gritty thriller for IM Global. The project is to be shopped to buyers at the Berlin Film Festival and has Chris Pine attached to star in the lead role. Written by The Walking Dead script writer and producer Sang Kyu Kim, the film will focus on a patrol agent who having lost his wife and child is left caring for a 10 year old boy whose family die in a shootout. However, Pine must go on the run as he and the boy are hunted by people on both sides of the law.
Having been very disappointed with YOUR HIGHNESS and THE SITTER, it’s great to see some more serious films coming from Green. Not that dabbling in comedy is necessarily a bad thing, as he proved with PINEAPPLE EXPRESS. However, ALL THE REAL GIRLS remains one of my favourite films of all time, so fingers crossed for the future.
Source: THR
