Sgt. Rock, the perennial WW2 fighting man who made M*A*S*H’s tour of duty look short by comparison, has been rumored of movie time for a long time, but the producers have come up with a new twist – the future! Yes, the future. Instead of fighting Nazis, I guess he’ll be fighting Space Nazis. Or Robot Nazis. Or Cyborg Nazis. Or something. Dammit.
THR sez:
Francis Lawrence is attached to direct, and Chad St. John, who wrote the spec “The Days Before,” is charged with writing the new take. Joel Silver, who has been steering the project for nearly 20 years, is teaming with Akiva Goldsman, who recently boarded as producer, to bring the project to the big screen via Warner Bros.