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Free Fire,
High-Rise) with his long-time collaborator and wife Amy Jump attached to write the screenplay. Production on the project was initially planned for last year with a release date originally set for March 19, 2021, but was subsequently delayed due to the ongoing pandemic and WB exiting the project.
Following the delay, it was revealed that Misha Green has been tapped to replace Wheatley and Jump as the director and writer with Alicia Vikander still set to lead the sequel. Plot details on the sequel are being kept under wraps. Graham King will once again produce through his GK Films banner alongside Elizabeth Cantillon via The Cantillon Company.
Director Ben Wheatley wants to make a Doom or Counter-Strike movie
Free Fire) recently departed the upcoming Alicia Vikander-led
Tomb Raider sequel due to the film’s delayed production, the filmmaker is still interested in returning to video game adaptations and has recently named two projects he would like to work on.
During a recent episode of The Playlist podcast, Wheatley revealed that he would like to adapt id Software’s first-person shooter
Doom or Valve’s
Counter-Strike for the big screen.
“Video games and films are so intertwined, aren’t they? It’s like because they feed backwards and forwards in terms of their referencing, it’s tricky,” Wheatley said. “And the things that you think are original about the games are from films often, and so when you take away the interactive element of it, there’s not much left to it, you know? I still want to make a