'The Italian Job' to have a Brazilian

Plus details of two new big-budget pictures in the pipeline, including an epic sci-fi tale concerning an alien prison on earth.

Jun  1 2005

Writer-director David Twohy has unintentially written a sequel to the 2003 hit 'The Italian Job'.

Twoy, whose previous credits include 'Pitch Black' and 'The Chronicles of Riddick', recently pitched an idea for a film called 'The Wrecking Crew' to Paramount.

The studio liked the concept, but said they would prefer to use the idea for a sequel to the hugely succesful remake that starred Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron.

The film will now be called 'The Brazilian Job' (insert your own pubic gag here), with most of the action taking place in Rio de Janeiro this time around.

F Gary Gray will again direct, with the bulk of the cast, including Wahlberg, Theron, Seth Green and Jason Statham, expected to return.

Having lost that particular script however, Twoy can content himself with the fact that he has two other major projects in development at the moment.

First up is 'The Would-Be Warrior', a 'Jumanji'-style fantasy adventure about a young boy who gets caught up in a world of swords and sorcery.

Following that big-budget production, Twoy then hopes to commence work on 'The Break', a sci-fi tale of an alien-run prison on earth.

A jailbreak-style picture in the tradition of 'Stalag 17' and 'Cool Hand Luke', the film will follow the human prisoners' desperate efforts to escape.

There's no word on a cast or start date for either film yet.

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