Fan of Jason Bourne? Wish there was a female equivalent up there on the big screen?
Well, wish no more. Legion producers Bold Films have snapped up an action thriller spec script called Blank State, written by screen-team Doug Cook and David Wiseberg.
The plot is sort of a hybrid mix of La Femme Nikita and The Bourne Identity, with a brain-damaged female convict being implanted with the memories and special abilities of a recently-murdered female CIA agent.
Before you can say, "Um, is this really a good plan?”, the implanted convict has gone rogue, and sets off to try to unravel the mystery behind the murder herself.
It’s a fittingly daft-but-dementedly-cool-sounding premise – typical action thriller stuff in line with the big screen Mission: Impossibles. We’re betting that Bold Films want this to be their answer to Angelina Jolie’s upcoming Salt, which pitches the big-lipped beaut as a CIA agent on the run.
Scribes Cook and Wiseberg also wrote the entertaining if not brilliant The Rock and Double Jeopardy (above).
So who to play the female lead? On-the-rise Brit Gemma Arterton? Perhaps our favourite indie chick Ellen Page? Or how about Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard? All three have the emotional range to reign back this film’s potential for preposterousness...
Who would you cast?
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Rosewood09
Mar 22nd 2010, 10:48
Why not the likes of Eliza Dushku (proven her action-girl status as Faith and Echo on the small screen)or my new crush Tabrett Bethell (no stanger to battering people in Legend of the Seeker)as the lead. Either actress would appear to be worthy of consideration.
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Hadouken76
Mar 22nd 2010, 14:01
I would cast Mia Kirschner who was an ice cold assassin in '24' in what sounds like a reboot of 'Total Recall'
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TheCrooze
Mar 22nd 2010, 19:22
Jennifer Garner
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mattburgess
Mar 22nd 2010, 19:33
Brain damaged convict murdered the CIA agent. There, I just saved you months of waiting for a p**s-poor film idea, plus one and a half hours of sitting through it.
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apbgreen
Mar 22nd 2010, 23:08
Someone in LA should give mattburgess a job vetting scripts. Would save EVERYONE a lot of money.
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KerrAvon
Mar 22nd 2010, 23:43
I agree with Matt this sounds sh*t. Much like when a friend asked if I wanted to see Clash of the Titans I said no! it's not going to beat Harryhausen so leave it be.
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