Stallone Enters The Tomb

This one had Bruce Willis attached to it for a quite a while, as well as director Antoine Fuqua, now another 80's Icon Sly Stallone has stepped in to take the lead role.

I love the premise but I think Willis was a better choice for this type of role, still, it's great to see Sly getting roles outside of those in the films he writes, directs and produces. Hopefully Summit can get a good helmer attached soon.

The news comes from Variety:

Sylvester Stallone is breathing life into "The Tomb" for Summit and Emmett/Furla Films.

The two companies have been trying to get the pic off the ground for some time, and the project has seen a revolving door of action vets come and go. Antoine Fuqua was once attached to direct and Bruce Willis originally positioned to star. After Willis moved on, Arnold Schwarzenegger considered the pic for his post-politics bigscreen return.

Schwarzenegger instead chose Lionsgate's "Last Stand" and Fuqua moved on to direct "Southpaw" for MGM, leaving "The Tomb" in a holding pattern.

Now, with Stallone onboard, the producers will look for a helmer to replace Fuqua. No production start date has been set.

Story follows Ray Breslin, the world's foremost authority on structural security -- specifically prisons. His skills are put to the test when he is framed and put in a high-security prison of his own design and must find the person who put him there.

Miles Chapman wrote the action screenplay, with Jason Keller providing a rewrite.