A few months ago it was revealed that Eric Bana was attached to play Nick Stone in Echelon, based on Andy McNab’s Firewall. However now it appears he’s out and Jason Statham might be in, although no deal is yet in place according to Deadline.
Echelon is based on Andy McNab’s novel Firewall, the third in a series of 13 books which follows ex-SAS agent Nick Stone, who Jason Statham will play if he signed on. The story centers on Stone, who becomes caught in the middle of Russian and American covert forces trying to acquire the powerful Echelon computer system.
Longtime stunt coordinator Simon Crane is making his directorial debut with Echelon. He previously handled the stunt work on such action projects as Salt, The Tourist, and the upcoming Men in Black III, so we can expect plenty of action in this one, and The Stath is certainly a man who likes his stunts.
And is it just me, or are you expecting something far more down, dirty and lowbrow now Statham’s involved than when it was Bana?