Joe Carnahan Explains His Take On Death Wish, Promises Role For Frank Grillo

[Brendon Connelly]

Presumably free of any studio or PR interference, Joe Carnahan has been speaking a little about his plans for a Death Wish remake via Twitter. It's early days, and his tweets are pretty much just spitball stuff, but he's got a vision already, and that's absolutely where he needs to be starting from. Here are his salient tweets, invoking the mood of the film, and also giving away a very early piece of casting news. There's nothing too sensitive here, but it's an interesting, privileged sneak into Carnahan's thoughts on the project.

Guys. I'm doing 'Death Wish.' But this version is a re-imagining of the book and set in present day Los Angeles. The L.A. of 'Collateral.'
— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) January 31, 2012

It's on buses, cabs, metro trains. I want to show an unseen version of L.A. L.A. on foot. Prowling. Hunting. The vast emptiness of downtown.
— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) January 31, 2012

@JLapin24 Refn did a phenomenal job shooting L.A. It took on a different dimension. That's the key.
— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) January 31, 2012

The only role I'm writing in 'Death Wish' which will mark the ONE time I've ever written exclusively for an actor, will be for @FrankGrillo.
— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) January 31, 2012

Guys, I said I was writing a role for @FrankGrillo. Nobody said anything about Frank playing the Kersey part. Relax folks. We have a plan.
— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) February 1, 2012

Several voices on Twitter have peeped up, asking what Death Wish means for Carnahan's long-time-coming Killing Pablo. Here's the good news:

@nedstarkk 'Pablo' is basically greenlit guys. That one isn't going anywhere. Promise.
— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) January 31, 2012

"Basically greenlit" is pretty solid sounding, particularly seeing as the Hollywood greenlight is more of a myth or a metaphor and it only ever "basically" happens. As filmmakers so often say, they only really know that a project is a go when they're standing there on set and somebody shouts "Action!" I guess we can expect Killing Pablo next and Death Wish... sometime afterwards.

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Presumably free of any studio or PR interference, Joe Carnahan has been speaking a little about his plans for a Death Wish remake via Twitter. It's early days, and his tweets are pretty much just spitball stuff, but he's got a vision already, and that's absolutely where he needs to be starting from. Here are his salient tweets, invoking the mood of the film, and also giving away a very early piece of casting news. There's nothing too sensitive here, but it's an interesting, privileged sneak into Carnahan's thoughts on the project.

Guys. I'm doing 'Death Wish.' But this version is a re-imagining of the book and set in present day Los Angeles. The L.A. of 'Collateral.'
— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) January 31, 2012

It's on buses, cabs, metro trains. I want to show an unseen version of L.A. L.A. on foot. Prowling. Hunting. The vast emptiness of downtown.
— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) January 31, 2012

@JLapin24 Refn did a phenomenal job shooting L.A. It took on a different dimension. That's the key.
— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) January 31, 2012

The only role I'm writing in 'Death Wish' which will mark the ONE time I've ever written exclusively for an actor, will be for @FrankGrillo.
— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) January 31, 2012

Guys, I said I was writing a role for @FrankGrillo. Nobody said anything about Frank playing the Kersey part. Relax folks. We have a plan.
— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) February 1, 2012

Several voices on Twitter have peeped up, asking what Death Wish means for Carnahan's long-time-coming Killing Pablo. Here's the good news:

@nedstarkk 'Pablo' is basically greenlit guys. That one isn't going anywhere. Promise.
— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) January 31, 2012

"Basically greenlit" is pretty solid sounding, particularly seeing as the Hollywood greenlight is more of a myth or a metaphor and it only ever "basically" happens. As filmmakers so often say, they only really know that a project is a go when they're standing there on set and somebody shouts "Action!" I guess we can expect Killing Pablo next and Death Wish... sometime afterwards.

So ignoring the first movie and updating to the modern day.

Now I'm less interested.