Netflix and Keanu Reeves just scored a major win as Justin Lin has signed on to direct the BRZRKR movie based on the comic created by Reeves himself.
Lin, the man who single-handedly made the Fast & Furious franchise the action juggernaut it is – if you have a favorite F&F movie after the first two, Lin probably made it – will direct the ‘gritty’ movie which according to Netflix and Boom!, is a “brutally epic saga about an immortal warrior’s 80,000 year fight through the ages.
“The man known only as ‘B’ is half-mortal and half-god, cursed and compelled to violence, even at the sacrifice of his sanity. But after wandering the earth for centuries, B may have finally found a refuge — working for the U.S. government to fight the battles too violent and too dangerous for anyone else.
“In exchange, B will be granted the one thing he desires — the truth about his endless blood-soaked existence … and how to end it.”
The BRZKRK script will be penned by The Batman co-writer Mattson Tomlin who is also writing an anime series based on Boom!’s comics – it’s not clear right now if they’re all the same universe at this point, though same character, same writer would suggest it is.
I’ll keep you updated as and when I hear more.
Thoughts? I know you have them…
Source: THR
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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