Even though it appears the involvement of Bryan Singer on the vigilante drama Prisoners is still up for question Risky Biz Blog reports Christian Bale has attached himself to the project, joining Mark Wahlberg on the thriller and making the package for Aaron Guzikowski’s spec even more desirable.
The film has something of a Taken meets Max Payne kind of vibe centering on a Boston man (Wahlberg) who turns vigilante after his daughter and her best friend are kidnapped. However, Hollywood types are giving the Guzikowski script much higher praise comparing in to The Silence of the Lambs and Seven.
Singer’s involvement has been rumored since “Entertainment Weekly” first reported it about two weeks ago with Singer praising the script as well. Risky Biz’s Borys Kit and Steven Zeitchik have read the screenplay and give the following description:
After his 6-year-old daughter and her friend are kidnapped, a small-town carpenter butts heads with a young, brash detective in charge of the investigation. The father is a Bible-reading, deer-hunting survivalist. The cop, meanwhile, can’t wait to get to the city. Feeling failed by the law, the father captures the man he believes responsible and begins to torture him in a desperate attempt to find out what he did with the girls, whom he’s convinced are still alive.
They go on to say the two leads have great arcs and the supporting roles are quite “juicy,” the script is dark and quite a page-turner.
Apparently the film is not yet financed and Endeavor doesn’t plan on shopping the pic until a director is attached. On top of that KIt and Zeitchik say the Bale/Wahlberg combo is fragile, but there isn’t any explanation as to why.
The film sounds increasingly intriguing with the names attached, it’ll be interesting to see how it all turns out.
