Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
So everybody and his brother ran the rumor over the weekend that Jude Law had mentioned being interested in playing opposite Arnold Schwarzeneggar in an upcoming sequel to one of his earlier films, and I saw source after source print the same two titles in speculation: TRUE LIES 2 and TERMINATOR 3.
What if it's neither?
TRUE LIES 2 was, by all accounts I've heard, a troubled draft at best, and is still on the operating table. TERMINATOR 3 already has a bad guy in the shape of Vin Diesel, supposedly, and although Jonathan Mostow is working with writers to overhaul the lousy Teddy Sarafian draft I read, there didn't seem to be a part in that script for Law to come in and play that would be of equal size to Diesel's.
So what is the film he's referring to? What actually has a script draft finished that might be shown to an actor to get him interested? What was finished around May 24th of this year, the second sequel to one of Arnold's best films? What script has two roles (Gaeus Metallus and Prince Fortunas) that Jude Law might be perfect for?
Could it be KING CONAN CROWN OF IRON?
All I know is, until I hear something more specific, I'm not putting any stock in the knee-jerk guessing that led to TRUE LIES and TERMINATOR as the only candidates.
Not when there's an infinitely better choice out there.
"Moriarty" out.
