Robert Schwentke May Direct Ryan Reynolds In R.I.P.D.; Will Deadpool Fall Prey To Reynolds’ Green Lantern Schedule?
By Russ Fischer/Aug. 12, 2010 10:44 am EST
McG was formerly linked to the film, but dumped it to make This Means War. Now the LA Times says that with McG gone, Schwentke, who had been in consideration before, looks like he might be the guy.
Neal Moritz recently described the film to Collider:
And here’s the official synopsis of the comic:
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.
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!
Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld is evidently upset that the film based on his character may never happen, thinking that WB wants Reynolds to only be Green Lantern. Liefeld recently tweeted his concern (via Bleeding Cool), saying things such as:
But does Liefeld really have any inside info, or is he just concerned? It isn’t a leap to surmise that WB might want to keep Reynolds away from other hero projects, but all the talk about second and third Green Lantern films seems very premature.
