Ryan Reynolds continues to go from strength to strength, meaning he has his pick of roles, but he’s so busy some of the films he’s attached to may have to fall to one side. THR reports he’s currently eyeing a part in Safe House, the much hyped script Universal bought earlier this year. Indeed the role is so coveted, director Daniel Espinosa has met the likes of Tom Hardy, Zac Efron, James McAvoy, Sam Worthington and Shia LaBeouf about it, but Reynolds is emerging as the front runner.
The storyline follows the only surviving agent of an attack on a CIA safe house (Reynolds) as he tries to get a lethal prisoner (Washington) to a second safe house before being taken out by violent forces that want them both dead.
The news comes hot on the heels of suggestions that the Deadpool moviesReynolds has been attached to ever since X-Men Origins: Wolverine, may be struggling, due to that fact Warner doesn’t want him to play DC’s Green Lantern and a Marvel hero. Deadpool creator Robert Liefeld recently said on Twitter, Warner Bros. just trying to protect their investment. They don’t want Ryan Reynolds playing Deadpool AND Green Lantern. Interesting 2 watch… Bottom line about Deadpool film is that if FOX doesn’t pull the DP film together with Ryan Reynolds between GL films-they should Hari Kari…Ryan Reynolds is the new Will Smith, if FOX can’t maximize this window of opportunity with this star, this character, that script=MASSV FAIL.
However at the moment Reynolds is still attached to Deadpool, as well as the supernatural police movie, R.I.P.D., but neither of those looks close to going into production, and it appears the former maybe in some jeopardy.