January 12, 2012
EXCLUSIVE: Mikael Hafstrom is in talks to direct Sylvester Stallone in
The Tomb,
a drama backed by Emmett/Furla Films and Summit Entertainment. Hafstrom
has been circling the project for some time, but things were stalled
while Stallone was in Bulgaria. He’s finishing up the film in New
Orleans, and things seem to be moving. Harry Knowles is reporting the possibility of a re-team between Stallone and his
Expendables 2 co-star Arnold Schwarzenegger in
The Tomb.
I’ve heard the same chatter, and checked over the past several days.
I’ve been told Schwarzenegger’s been approached, but insiders in the
production say that it hasn’t progressed beyond that at this point. It’s
one of those in-the-air pairings that seems to make too much sense not
to happen. Schwarzenegger is certainly familiar with the script, as he
once considered playing the lead role that is now Stallone. In the drama
that was scripted by Miles Chapman and rewritten by Jason Keller,
Stallone plays a man who has designed a high-tech prison that is said to
be escape-proof. When he is set up and sent to the prison he created,
he essentially must go up against himself to escape and find
retribution. Hafstrom’s credits include last year’s
The Rite and 2007′s
1408 and he’s repped by WME.
