Woody Allen. Mel Gibson. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Why is it that some of my favorite actors end up making messes of their personal lives? While I can’t answer that question, I can at least report on Schwarzenegger‘s latest plan for a “comeback” project after his cartoon series The Governator was canceled and Cry Macho and the next Terminator film have been put on hiatus until the former Governor of California gets a handle on his family life. Or should I say, family lives.
While there’s no word when those projects might be restarted, Deadline reports that Schwarzenegger is moving ahead with Last Stand, a Western set up at Lionsgate to be directed by Jee-woon Kim, a South Korean filmmaker best known for I Saw the Devil and The Good, The Bad, and the Weird. It will be his first English-language film and is penciled in for a September start.
A Lionsgate executive offered the following about the film to Deadline, “It’s an old-fashioned Western specifically designed for a 63-year-old broken-down guy with a moral decision whether Arnold decides to stand up for his town. We always needed an iconic figure for it… I can tell you from The Expendables it was electrifying when Arnold came on. He is still a big piece of news.”
This film might be a tough sell because of Schwarzenegger‘s tarnished rep, but again we have to remember that people still go to see Roman Polanski‘s movies. While Mel Gibson hasn’t had much luck yet with his “comeback,” we have seen dozens of stars bounce back from destructive decisions — and audiences, especially males, seem to still have a soft spot for Schwarzenegger. Still, I’m more concerned about a Western featuring a lead actor with an Austrian accent. Let us know in the comments if you think he can pull it off!
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