Fans of last year’s Violent Night will be happy to hear that another Christmas-themed action-thriller is in the works, this one titled The Guns of Christmas Past.
Deadline reports that Liev Schrieber (Ray Donovan) is in talks to star in the holiday action movie, which is being directed by French filmmaker Xavier Gens (Frontiers, Cold Skin).
The film is described as “A Christmas Carol meets John Wick”!
In The Guns of Christmas Past, “Ebb is a former hitman for the mob, brought out from hiding when his former best friend and partner is killed. Ebb penetrates the compound of his enemy to exact revenge but the ghosts of past, present and future all arrive to thwart his plans.”
Andrew Hilton wrote the screenplay.
XYZ will be shopping the project at the upcoming Cannes market.
“I am excited to work with Liev and XYZ Films and bring a modern design style to this unique and original script. I hope to follow in the tradition of classic holiday action movies like Die Hard, and create a really fun film that audiences will come back to year after year,” said Xavier Gens.
“Coming from XYZ, and given our experience delivering a fresh approach to action through such films as our Raid franchise, we see this as an action franchise vehicle akin to the breakout film Nobody, which was an enormous success,” said XYZ Films.
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