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Relativity Lets Waugh Take Them To The ‘Tipping Point’
I suppose this one sounds like it could be cool. I don’t know much about helmer Ric Roman Waugh (I haven’t seen his upcoming directorial effort Snitch which stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson), so I can’t speak to how the execution will turn out – but in the right hands Tipping Point could work. In the wrong hands, it could be the greatest piece of hackery ever to grace the screen. Such is the fine line with high concept stuff like this.
Anyway, per Variety Relativity Media has closed Waugh’s deal to direct the film and rewrite its script (originally by Todd Stein).
The film, “is set in a world 100 years into the future where the penalty for having children without a license is death. Story centers on an officer who lives for his job, until the day he discovers two fugitives he’s been pursuing are the love of his life who mysteriously disappeared years ago and the 12-year-old son he never knew he had.”
See what I mean? Could be cool, could be terrible. Only time will tell and we’ll keep you posted.
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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