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‘Big Rig’ Takes a Nod From Spielberg’s ‘Duel’
Paramount is channeling Steven Spielberg’s classic Duel with Big Rig, a thriller pitch from Bragi Schut with Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes on board to produce, THR writes.
Plot details are being kept locked in the cab, but the project is described as taking loose inspiration from Canada’s infamous Highway of Tears, which runs through British Columbia. Over the course of four decades, numerous women have either been murdered or gone missing along that 700-plus kilometer stretch of road.
It is known that the plot centers on a good trucker who runs afoul of the evil man who is responsible for the many deaths.
Andrew Form and Brad Fuller will produce with Bay.
Schut co-wrote The Maze, a Sony thriller currently in production starring Deborah Ann Woll, Logan Miller and Taylor Russell. He also recently reteamed with Maze producer Neal H. Moritz for an untitled supernatural thriller, which has been described as being in the vein of Robert Zemeckis’ What Lies Beneath.
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland are reteaming for the long-awaited 28 Years Later horror sequel trilogy, and Deadline brings us the latest casting news for the first film this week.
Erin Kellyman (The Green Knight, “Willow”) has joined the cast of 28 Years Later.
28 Years Later arrives in theaters on June 20, 2025 from Sony. The cast also includes Jack O’Connell (Amy Winehouse: Back To Black), Jodie Comer (Alone in the Dark, “Killing Eve”), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven the Hunter), and Ralph Fiennes (The Menu).
Cillian Murphy is executive producing and reportedly returning to star.
Alex Garland will write the first film and Boyle will return to direct. Nia DaCosta (Candyman, The Marvels) will direct the second installment in the trilogy from Sony Pictures.
The original movie in 2002 starred Cillian Murphy and was written by Alex Garland and directed by Danny Boyle. In the smash hit horror film, “Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
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