Button Man Movie Gets a New Writer
Black List writer Matt Cook has been tapped by DreamWorks to adapt Button Man: The Killing [...]
Black List writer Matt Cook has been tapped by DreamWorks to adapt Button Man: The Killing Game based on the graphic novel from Judge Dredd co-creator John Wagner and Arthur Ranson. Insomnia's Hilary Seitz and Paranoia's Barry Levy have done previous work on the script, but Cook was brought in last month, according to Deadline. Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn is helming the film, which they describe as follows: "The story centers on Harry Exton, a hired gun who decides to abandon the death match that gambling millionaires have set up to amuse themselves. In the process of opting out, he finds he might not only have to kill his fellow contestants but also the guys pulling the strings. The film is produced by Roger Kass, Josh Braun, Mark Sourian and Michael De Luca." Cook's Black List script By Way Of Helena is set up for production at Mandeville Films with director Kieran Darcy-Smith.
