Warner's Developing Spy Hunter

It was way back in 2003 when Universal Studio’s first acquired the rights to the 1983 arcade game ‘Spy Hunter’ from Midway Games. Yet, it has been stuck in neutral ever since, that is until Warner Brothers stepped in to rev up its production.

The studio snapped up the rights when it bought up Midway Games last year. Currently, scribe Chad St John who has been charged with the responsibility to craft the first draft for Sherlock Holmes producer Dan Lin.

In the original driving action game Spy Hunter revolved around the player taking the role of a spy, who would patrol the freeway driving a G 8155 Interceptor [think James Bond’s Aston Martin built for world war III] armed to the hilt. The aim of the game was to destroy all enemy vehicles that strayed onto your radar, while attempting to protect civilians.

For along period Dwayne Johnson saw this project as his ideal role but is not currently attached. And, while both John Woo and Paul W Anderson had separate incarnations ready for the off, neither got the project off the ground, and this latest version has yet to fill the vacant position of a director

MATT RICHARDSON