Now he’s out of office, Arnold Schwarzenegger has been busy lining up projects, from a cartoon called The Governator to a new Terminator movie, but it appears his first film will be Cry Macho. Vulture reports (since confirmed by Variety, amongst others), reports that Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) will direct this drama from his own screenplay, which is adapted from the N. Richard Nash novel of the same name.
The story centres on a horse trainer who is fired by his boss and ends up agreeing to kidnap his boss’ 11-year-old son from his Mexican ex-wife. The story takes an unexpected turn, though, when the ex-wife is happy to be rid of the young boy.
Albert S. Ruddy will produce the drama. Indeed Ruddy apparently almost had Arnold Schwarzenegger attached to star in Cry Macho over a decade ago, but it’s only now going forward, assuming they can find financing at Cannes next month. If that’s successful, production will start this summer.