2012 Movie News Archives

March 9, 2012: Lionsgate Picks Up "Action No. 1" Comedy Heist Movie

Action Comics #1 We all know the story of how a copy of "Action Comics #1" owned by Nicolas Cage was stolen from a storage facility, located some months later, returned to Cage, and then sold at auction for a record-breaking sum of $2.1 million. Well HollywoodReporter.com reports that Lionsgate will procuce a film based on a comedic adaptation of that saga.

    Lionsgate has picked up Action No. 1, a heist comedy from writers and Reno 911! creators Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon. The duo also is producing along with Peter Principato and Paul Young.

    The story revolves around a group of nerds who attempt to steal Cage's copy of Action Comics No. 1, the landmark 1938 comic that introduced the world to the Man of Steel.

Jason Statham was rumored to play the part of Nicolas Cage, with the actor unlikely to play himself in the film.

Source: HollywoodReporter.com.



2012 Movie News

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