A Kick Ass Giant Killer

Bryan Singer has had the film JACK THE GIANT KILLER in his back pocket for a long while now with snippets of news about it’s progress creeping out over the last few years.

Finally the film has been green lit by the powers that be at New Line.  The film is a darker take on the original the 1962, Nathan Juran, JACK THE GIANT KILLER, production about a farmboy that turns into a knight to fend off an evil wizard.

The story has been retooled by scriptwriters, Mark Bomback and Darren Lemke who have previously work on LOST, DIE HARD 4.0, RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN to name a few.  But the project has faced some difficulties forcing New Line to bring in Christopher McQuarrie THE USUAL SUSPECTS scribe and is now in a strong position to move forward.  Singer has began searching for his Jack to head this blockbuster and looks to be turning to Aaron Johnson previously torching up the screen in the last year with KICK ASS and NOWHERE BOY.  Though this seems to be Singer’s number one contender New Line are still making the rounds on all the young talent.

JACK THE GIANT KILLER is expected to start filming in the Spring.