Peter Gunz

Latest is that Paul W.S. Anderson has signed on to direct the on-again-off-again Spy Hunter adaptation, agreeing to write the fifth or sixth version of the script. Previous draft-writers' sequel work includes 2 Fast 2 Furious, X-Men 2 and 3, and Freddy vs. Jason.

The Rock, slowly transitioning to Dwayne Johnson, has been attached almost since the rights were acquired in 2003, but when John Woo left and the project fell into disarray, he may have been removed; will have to wait and see. As he has already provided voice and likeness for a videogame sequel (Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run), seems likely he might want to stay aboard.

The original videogame appeared in 1983, followed by a pinball version, an arcade sequel, numerous home versions, two more sequels in the Playstation 2/XBox era, and a hidden bonus version in Microsoft Excel.

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