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Cox Updates SGT. ROCK Progress
By: Jarrod Sarafin, News EditorDate: Thursday, July 12, 2007
Source: IGN
This big screen treatment of the DC comic book, SGT ROCK, has been sitting around collecting dust in development hell for a long time. How long? Arnold Schwarzenegger was going to portray the character before his bid to become governor of California. Both this project and the KING CONAN project were put on hold after he won the bid and studio Warner Bros. and screenplay writer John Cox had to go a different direction.
The early drafts of the screenplay explaining the character being from Eastern European heritage have now been scrapped and according to IGN, John Cox has turned in a new finished screeplay for SGT. ROCK to Warner Bros.
Cox informed IGN that Schwarzenegger is no longer attached to the project, and that the script was not written with any specific actor in mind. Certain actors have been discussed for the role and producer Joel Silver is said to be moving on that front. The project is currently out to actors and directors.
Thanks to scooper "Daforce" for the headsup.
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I always followed Sgt Rock, Creature Commandos, Weird War Tales, Unknown Soldier, Men Of War and some of the others... but those were the big ones... I still have my entire collection too!