"Warrior" American Theatrical Poster
Beyond Hollywood gives word that Gavin O’Connor, director of the critically acclaimed MMA fight flick Warrior starring Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy, is slated to direct a new action-thriller titled Yakuza. The film will be set in post-Tsunami Japan and follow what happens when an American intelligence agent gets caught up in the seamy underworld of Japanese organized crime. Well, this definitely sounds promising.
Gavin O’Connor will rewrite the script currently penned by Chap Taylor, while Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment will produce. There’s no word on how swiftly O’Connor will mount Yakuza, since he has a few projects currently in the works, but those of us craving more Asian-centric Hollywood films are hoping it’s soon.
Though it’s probably gonna be a case of “too soon”, unless they downplay the tsunami.