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Amblin picks up “female John Wick” project Ruthless

February 19, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Following the box office success of Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 2, Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is getting into the assassin game, picking up the script for the action thriller Ruthless.

The project is being dubbed a “female John Wick” and follows “a retired assassin who returns to the game after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and needs one last job to provide for her daughter.”

Ruthless has been scripted by John Swetnam (Into the Storm) and has Brad Peyton (San Andreas) attached to direct. Peyton will also produce with Jeff Fierson through their ASAP Entertainment production company.

Via THR

Originally published February 19, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Brad Peyton, Ruthless

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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