Hobo With a Shotgun Director to Adapt a Vigilante Comic Book
It’s been half a decade since Jason Eisener unleashed his grindhouse masterpiece Hobo With a Shotgun on the world and blew our minds to smithereens. He captured lightning in a bottle with that movie and provided the almighty Rutger Hauer with one of his career best roles.
Ever since then, the Ontario native has kept himself busy by contributing segments to ABC’s of Death and V/H/S/2, as well as directing the incredible underwater short One Last Dive – and producing the gory and adorable (agorable?) Turbo Kid. However, nothing beats a full feature and – at long last – we’re about to get the long-awaited sophomore effort, written by Bryan Connolly and Zack Carlson.
As reported by Entertainment Weekly, Eisener’s new movie will be titled New York City Outlaws and is based on a comic book of the same name by Robert Huszar and Ken Landgraf. The story follows a group of vigilantes who team up to save the Big Apple from anarchy while the police are on strike, and it sounds awesome.
The comic was inspired by Walter Hill’s seminal masterpiece The Warriors, which Eisener fans will know is a movie that’s near and dear to the director’s heart. This has all the ingredients to be one tasty treat.
Canadian filmmaker Jason Eisner, photographed on th eset of Eastlink Television’s “Aperture Atlantic” during the 2008 Atlantic Film Festival.
The screenplay will be handled by Bryan Connelly and Zack Carlson, so you know it’s in good hands. The latter was responsible for the “Terror Tuesdays” series at Alamo Drafthouse and is currently the host of the outstanding Vice cult cinema series, Outsider.
We might have to wait awhile, with Eisener currently busy serving as second unit director on Adam Wingard’s Death Note series. That being said, we’re sure it’ll be worth the wait. The world needs more Jason Eisener movies, and just knowing that one is on the horizon is good enough for now.
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