Ever since growling his way through 2008’s gloriously B-movie-esque B-movie Taken , Liam Neeson ‘s been enjoying his newfound status as the gruff hero with killer instincts and a particular set of skills that you want on your side in the event of a kidnapping/ assassination attempt / jailbreak / wolf attack . So why fix something that ain’t broke? Enter Non-Stop , Neeson’s next actioner and an airplane-set excuse to see Neeson smash heads and deliver straightfaced epic one-liners. Variety reports that Neeson, currently gracing screens reprising the role of Zeus in Wrath of the Titans , is in negotiations to lead the high concept action pic about “a worn-out air marshal who faces a threat while traveling on an international flight.” Simple premise, high bone-crushing potential! We don’t even need to know a single thing more about Non-Stop that what its title and setup tells us. We already know what Neeson can do with some tape and a handful of minibar bottles! Neeson’s upcoming slate features a crapton of action as is, even beyond Wrath ; he co-stars in Peter Berg’s Battleship this May and, as revealed recently, reprises his role of Ra’s Al Ghul in Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises in July. The recently-filmed Taken 2 is due in theaters this October, with a plot that sees Neeson’s onscreen daughter Maggie Grace step up to save her now-kidnapped parents. Non-Stop will be directed by Jeff Wadlow ( Cry_Wolf , Never Back Down ) from a spec script by John Richardson and Chris Roach, under superproducer Joel Silver. Fun fact: At 59, Neeson is already five years older than Harrison Ford was when he fought off evildoers thousands of feet above the ground in Air Force One , which also brings to mind the only two things that could make Non-Stop better — A) if worn-out air marshal Neeson was also the President of the United States, and B) if his plane was carrying killer snakes. (Or Sam Jackson.) [ Variety ]
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Liam Neeson Taking His Particular Set of Skills to Airplane Actioner Non-Stop
