Robert Schwentke To Direct ‘R.I.P.D.’ With Ryan Reynolds; Leaves More Questions About ‘Deadpool’
A few weeks ago, we got word thatReddirectorRobert Schwentkewas first in line to directRyan Reynoldsin the supernatural action filmR.I.P.D., based on the Dark Horse comic of the same name. Now there’s confirmation that Schwentke will in fact direct. The question is: does this, along with the rest of Reynolds' schedule, killDeadpool?
Deadlinesays that Reynolds will shootThe Change-Up, then the Denzel Washington filmSafe House, then likelyR.I.P.D., which will go late next summer. Notice a couple of things there. That leaves little time forDeadpool, and depending upon how the full schedule goes, Warner Bros. would have to work to fit aGreen Lanternsequel into his calendar before the end of next year. If all these projects come together, andGreen Lanternhits with audiences, Reynolds could be quite the superstar by 2012.
From our previous report, producer Neal Moritz recently described the film toCollider:
It’s about two cops, one recently dead and a gunslinger who’s been dead for hundreds of years who work on the Rest in Peace department – which is the police department of the dead. And they basically… it takes place on a normal day and it’s about trying to keep the dead quiet.
And here’s the official synopsis of the comic:
Welcome to the Rest In Peace Department — the devoted, yet dead, officers of divine law enforcement “patrolling the deadbeat…reporting to one boss.” Yep — THAT boss. Nick Cruz was murdered by an unknown assailent, at the height of his personal and professional life. Now he’s traded a hundred years of service to the R.I.P.D. in exchange for a shot at finding who killed him. Unfortunately his search will take him to Hell and back — literally!
