THR is reporting that Lakeshore Entertainment has won a fierce bidding war for the rights to Peppermint, a female-led revenge thriller which is being directed by Pierre Morel (Taken) from a script by Chad St. John (London Has Fallen).
Dubbed a “female John Wick“, the film centres on a young mother who finds herself with nothing to lose, and is now going to take from her rivals the very life they stole from her. Production is set to get underway in the fall.
“Female John Wick” movies seem to be in vogue at present; we’ve got the Charlize Theron-headlined Atomic Blonde incoming in July, while Amblin is has also snapped up two projects in Highway One and Ruthless.
Originally published May 7, 2017. Updated November 30, 2022.
