Yesterday I mentioned that every studio wants newly minted movie star Chris Pratt to headline their potential franchise pictures. One of the first such projects to snag Pratt is the magnificently titled Cowboy Ninja Viking. It's the story of an assassin who utilizes his multiple personalities to kill folks in what I can only assume is a series of increasingly hilarious manners. There is no word yet on whether the ninja personality is in fact named Johnny Karate.
I'm basically already in love with this movie, but I'm even more smitten now that Universal is negotiating with John Wick directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch to come on board the fledgling project. Woo hoo!
I loved John Wick. Like, really REALLY loved it. It is, quite frankly, some of the best down and dirty fight choreography I've ever seen, plus it's easily the best character Reeves has been given since Constantine if not The Matrix. And while my wife had some serious problems with the film's brutal depiction of puppy murder, I actually respect the film even more for treating Wick's dog the same way many inferior versions of this type of story have traditionally treated the hero's wife or child. It's not only a novel approach, but it actually provokes a much richer emotional response from the audience. Besides, it's hard not to love a movie with that many point blank headshots.
Stahelski and Leitch are former stunt men/coordinators and I cannot wait to see what kind of insanity they dream up for Cowboy Ninja Viking. I'm imagining Pratt headbutting dudes with a Norse helmet and stabbing dudes in the face with his horns.
In the words of Veruca Salt, "I WANT IT NOW."
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