Keanu Reeves is in talks to team with James Wan for the filmmaker’s latest project, “The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” at Paramount Pictures.
\n\nThe Paramount Pictures movie reimagines the 2019 Korean action-crime thriller starring Don Lee (also known as Ma Dong-seok), who is attached to reprise his role opposite Reeves. The original film — which follows a police officer and a gangster as they reluctantly join forces to track down a serial killer — debuted to rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival that year.
\n\nWan will direct the film, his first feature since 2023’s “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.” He will also produce the project alongside Michael Clear and Jason Blum (via Blumhouse Atomic Monster), Lee (Big Punch Global), Sylvester Stallone and D. Matt Geller (Balboa Productions), and Chris S. Lee (B&C Group. Lorenzo di Bonaventura has also come on board to produce. The project has been in the works since 2019, with Wan boarding the production this spring.
\n\nEric Pearson wrote the latest script, based on previous drafts by Shay Hatten and Brian Helgeland. Helgeland and Billy Acumen will executive produce the project.
\n\nReeves is an action movie icon, headlining numerous franchises from “The Matrix” movies to…
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