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Brett Ratner Interested in Directing 'The Reluctant Communist'
by Ethan Anderton
September 29, 2010
Source: Variety
After three glorious years without having to think about Brett Ratner directing a film, it looks like the filmmaker is making quite the return to the director's chair. The long-gestating Tower Heist starring Ben Stiller has recently been greenlit for Ratner to direct, but he's already looking at another directing gig to follow. Variety reports Ratner has optioned and is looking to direct The Reluctant Communist, a memoir from Charles Robert Jenkins and Jim Frederick which chronicles Jenkin's 1965 desertion and subsequent 40-year imprisonment in North Korea. Ross Katz will script the adaptation being produced by Rat Entertainment.
The film will actually follow Jenkins as he surrenders to the North Koreans while drunk and then undergoes a strange and lengthy prison term. Producer John Chang says, ""He was forced to act in (propaganda) movies as an American bad guy, and he became kind of a celebrity. People would come up to him on the street, because they recognized him from the films." Sounds like an interesting story to say the least. For now though, no actors are attached to the project, and it has yet to be set up at a studio. Since Ratner is busy in pre-production for Tower Heist and producing other films like Horrible Bosses, we'll probably be waiting awhile for any further development on the project. Interested?
6 Comments
1
Whenever Brett Ratner is interested in directing anything, I die a little inside.
Shane on Sep 29, 2010
2
Not interested, thanks but no thanks.
Almartva on Sep 29, 2010
3
i'm not a fan of ratner, but the subject of the movie sounds interesting. i'd like to see what he does with this.
beavis on Sep 29, 2010
4
I've never understood the hatred for Ratner. His movies aren't great, but I don't think they are terrible either... hell, all of the fanboys on this site suck on Zack Snyder's cock but I would much rather watch X-Men 3 or Red Dragon again than have to be subjected to either 300 or Watchmen for a second time.
Kevin on Sep 29, 2010
5
I saw a little bit about him in the doc. Crossing the Line. Check it out if you can find it.
sedna on Sep 29, 2010
6
#4 Read my mind completely.
Renovatio430 on Sep 29, 2010
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