Hugh Jackman Exclusive
What's next for Wolverine?
by Stax
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May 2, 2006 - While doing press this past weekend for his forthcoming release Just My Luck, producer Arnold Rifkin, who is partnered with Bruce Willis in the production shingle Cheyenne Enterprises, spoke about his slate of future projects. He exclusively advised IGN FilmForce that his next film is poised to star Hugh Jackman. Cheyenne is in negotiations with 20th Century Fox to close a deal for The Tourist, with an anticipated start date in early fall, anywhere from mid-October to mid-November.
"We close next week Hugh Jackman on a film I bought as a pitch [by Mark Bomback] called The Tourist. It's one of the sexiest thrillers," Rifkin said. "That's a rough story to tell but essentially it's about a demented young man who realizes the opportunity there's nothing in life he won't do to gain what he wants, including taking people's lives."
"There exists truly in New York what's known as a phone club and you simply call up and say, 'Are you free tonight?' The other individual on the other side says 'Yes," and they say, 'Fine. Plaza Hotel. 11 o'clock in front of the Blue Boy painting.'"
"It's about A-type people who also need their pleasure. They want their intimacy but their privacy and they don't want a relationship. And they don't want their lives interfered with (by) the complications of love," Rifkin continued. "They just want to I can't say what they're going to do. Surrounding that is two extraordinary male roles. Obviously the character of Wyatt, who is the antagonist, searches for people who are anonymous to the world. It was an astounding experiment in research of how many people live a life [with] no relatives. ... Hugh Jackman fell in love with it. He's playing Wyatt."
Rifkin revealed that Marcel Langenegger will direct The Tourist. "He's Swedish. His reel was extraordinary. He's a first-time director but he's quite brilliant."
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