Quite a while ago now, Sam Worthington attached himself to an adaptation of the Radical Publishing comic, The Last Days of American Crime. Now things are moving forward, with Deadline reporting that F. Gary Gray (Law Abiding Citizen) has been set to direct the flick.
Karl Gajdusek wrote the screenplay, which is based on the comic book series created by Rick Remender. Here’s the official synopsis of the comics: ‘In the not-too-distant future as a final response to terrorism and crime, the U.S. government plans in secret to broadcast a signal making it impossible for anyone to knowingly commit unlawful acts. To keep this from the public, the government creates a distraction, installing a new currency system using digital charge cards.
Enter: Graham Brick. A career criminal never quite able to hit the big score, Graham intends to steal one of the charging stations, skip the country and live off unlimited funds for the rest of his life. But the media has leaked news of the anti-crime signal one week before it was to go live…and now Graham and his team have just a few days to turn the crime of the century into the last crime in American history.’
Worthington is expected to make the movie his follow-up to Warth Of The Titans, which is currently shooting, with production tentatively scheduled to begin in September.