Reilly and Parker are Seeing Red

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Reilly and Parker are Seeing Red

November 5, 2009

Heat Vision reports that John C. Reilly and Mary-Louise Parker are in talks to join the cast of Red, Summit Entertainment's adaptation of the Wildstorm/DC Comics miniseries being directed by Robert Schwentke.

The film is about former black-ops agent (Bruce Willis), now in retirement, who has to contend with younger, more high-tech assassins who show up to kill him.

Reilly would play a retired CIA agent who is paranoid that everyone is out to kill him.

Parker would play the romantic interest, a federal pension worker who becomes embroiled in the Willis character's struggle to stay alive.

Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren already are on board for the film, being produced by Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian.

DC's Gregory Noveck executive produces with Jake Myers. Jon and Erich Hoeber wrote the script.

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Posted by: spideyfan on November 5, 2009 at 02:34:30

man looking at the title I thought this was going to be about the spidey clone saga...guess I was wrong...lol

Posted by: twitter.com/davidakhoa on November 5, 2009 at 02:43:01

I'll be on Wikipedia... I have absolutely no knowledge of this comic.

Posted by: Darkhawk on November 5, 2009 at 02:46:19

haha i thought the exact same thing 'spideyfan'. too bad it wasnt news about Spidey :(

Posted by: Red Mask on November 5, 2009 at 04:21:58

This is the only reliable outlet for DC Comics. Non-superhero titles with lots of action for a wider selection of actors.

Posted by: Marvel guy on November 5, 2009 at 09:45:34

sounds cool. i like both of these actors and the premise sounds good!

Posted by: Fletch on November 5, 2009 at 10:37:16

Well great cast but i have never heard of the comic. Ol' Bruce needs a good hit after his last stinker. Reilly is a very good actor and if you need a role filled that calls for an older gentlemen who will guide the main character down the path he needs to go then look no further then Morgan Freeman of course. See, batman, dark knight, wanted, shawshank, bruce almighty, robin hood....man Morgan what gives, LOL.

Posted by: shnip on November 5, 2009 at 10:39:45

what is 'Red'?

Posted by: VampyreByte on November 5, 2009 at 10:44:03

Thanks, you had my hopes up reading the Heading! Tricksters! They knew what they were typing and it would catch us Spideyfans! Lets hope for it in the new movie though! That would be the ****!

Posted by: dangit on November 5, 2009 at 10:50:11

lol...i thought it was about ben reilley and peter parker as well...rats.. I actually like the stories that involved the both of them

Posted by: Out of Left Field Guy on November 5, 2009 at 11:03:54

Red was a very good miniseries. It didn't get too much publicity at the time and it was only by luck that I stumbled across it. The brief synopsis above is pretty much it, a retired black ops agent becomes a target and he tries to stay alive. Not much by way of originality, however it was very well written. The title comes from the process the main character must go through every morning to call in and let his handlers know that he's inactive ("green") or if he's going to cause some trouble ("red"). Let the wackiness ensue.

Posted by: lou-bert vs. q-bert on November 5, 2009 at 11:18:08

When I saw "Reilly and Parker," I immediately thought it was going to be Peter Parker and Ben Reilly.

Posted by: thebluepants on November 5, 2009 at 11:42:34

Not a surprise Warner Brothers isn't going to stay faithful to the comics. Adaptations always lets people down. Warren Ellis did an amazing job on the comic. Let's wait and hope for the best.

Posted by: Ted Kord on November 5, 2009 at 13:09:27

Reilly & Parker in 'Spider-Man 4: Clone This!'. I'd pay to see that.

Posted by: 0 on November 5, 2009 at 14:32:32

Really, Ted? You'd pay to see a movie adaption of the Clone Saga?
Now with multiple characters played by a stiff, unfunny, wooden actor!

By the way, aren't you dead, Ted?

Posted by: Space-Ninja on November 5, 2009 at 15:01:03

Steve Buscemi should play The Jackal and Judi Dench should be the actress playing the actress playing Aunt May.

And Suri Cruise as Spider-Baby!

Do it, Raimi!

Posted by: mdschwartz31 on November 5, 2009 at 15:43:14

I'm a bit of a geek, but when I saw Reily, I thought John C. and was trying to figure out who Parker was.

Posted by: Ted Kord on November 5, 2009 at 19:01:02

@ O: Only if it were played for laughs, hence the clever sub-title. And I DO agree that Tobey needs to go, no arguement there. He's overstayed his welcome.

And no, I'm not dead, I'm a freaking zombie that would love to rip out your heart to power my zombie ring. There's no need to be so overbearing, man, we're just goofing here.

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