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A few years back, Harrison Ford had signed on to a big-screen adaptation of Lawrence Block’s novel A Walk Among the Tombstones. Scott Frank was set to pen the script, and Joe Carnahan (Smokin’ Aces) attached to direct. However, the project soon dived head-first into development hell after Ford backed out of the starring role. Why did he back out? Well, it was a bit too controversial for the actor. In the pic, he was set to play Matthew Scudder; a private detective battling a drinking problem who is hired by a drug dealer to find the men who kidnapped and murdered his wife. Nice. Ford would’ve been fun to watch in a role like that.
When Frank was interviewed recently (out promoting his directorial debut The Lookout), the “whatever happened to that Tombstone project” question came up. And, not only did the writer-director say […]
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