Stranglehold movie in the works

Posted Mar 10th 2009 9:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Action

Midway may be teetering on the edge of financial oblivion at the moment but at least one of the game publisher's movie properties may be getting a new lease on life as a movie. That game is the 2007 release of Stranglehold, a (sort of) sequel to the classic Hong Kong action film Hard Boiled.

Buried in a Hollywood Reporter story about a new Missing in Action movie comes word that the two screenwriters of that flick, Jeremy Passmore and Andre Fabrizio, have also written a script adaptation of Stranglehold. The script itself is for the Lion Rock Entertainment movie company which is headed up by the director of the original Hard Boiled John Woo. He also served as an adviser of the Stranglehold game. It's unclear how much involvement Midway will have in the movie adaptation; indeed the company isn't even mentioned in the Hollywood Reporter story.

Tags: hard-boiled, john-woo, midway, stranglehold

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Between the movie and the game I hope the franchise gets good reviews. I am a fan of John Woo, so hopefully these projects will be worth while.Posted at 5:48PM on Mar 10th 2009 by Shannon

Didn't this come bundled with a movie?Posted at 6:13PM on Mar 10th 2009 by Game_playa