Last summer came the news that a planned remake of The Cannonball Run was pressing ahead, and that Dodgeball and Skyscraper director Rawson Marshall Thurber was set to helm the project.
However, Thurber has since opted to reunite with Dwayne Johnson again for the upcoming very expensive action movie Red Card. And that’s left The Cannonball Run’s director’s chair vacant.
But apparently not for long. Doug Liman, of Edge Of Tomorrow, American Made and The Bourne Identity, is now said to be in early talks to direct the upcoming movie. Liman is finishing up his new movie first, Chaos Walking, and also has Edge Of Tomorrow 2 lined up to make. But it looks as though The Cannonball Run remake might just jump the queue.
Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant have penned the current screenplay for the movie, and as we hear more, we’ll let you know…