Liam Neeson has yet another action thriller on the horizon for one of his upcoming projects. According to Deadline, he will be starring in a remake of the Spanish film Retribution, which will be co-produced by Studiocanal, The Picture Company and Ombra Films with Chris Salmanpour and Andrew Baldwin providing the screenplay.
Retribution will see Neeson as “a successful Wall Street executive who discovers on his way to work that a bomb has been planted in his car by an unknown assailant. He is forced to follow a series of orders throughout the day or else the bomb will be detonated. The situation is more dire because the man’s family is in the car with him.”
The original film was released in 2015 and directed by Dani da le Torre. It was compared to the 1994 Keanu Reeves thriller Speed upon release. No director or release window has been chosen for the remake, but it is expected to begin production this fall. Neeson will be seen next in Peter Landesman’s biopic Felt as Mark Felt, the “Deep Throat” source who helped expose the Watergate scandal.
Originally published May 10, 2017. Updated April 15, 2018.
