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Matthew McConaughey to reteam with Nic Pizzolatto for Mike Hammer film
Matthew McConaughey is to play detective Mike Hammer in a new film. The 55-year-old actor is in talks to star in Skydance's upcoming movie based on the iconic book series - which inspired characters including Dirty Harry, Jack Reacher and James Bond - and his True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto has written the script for the project, Deadline reports. Skydance's David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will produce along with Entertainment 360's Guymon Casady, Benjamin Forkner of Pendleton, and Ken F. Levin also will produce. Mike Hammer first appeared in 1947 novel I, the Jury by author Mickey Spillane and has featured in a total of 22 novels, with Max Allan Collins taking over the franchise after the original writer passed away. Baby, It's Murder was described as the final book in the series and was released earlier this year. Nic recently suggested he could reunite with Matthew and Woody Harrelson because the pair were "open" to revisiting their True Detective characters, Detectives Rust Cohle and Marty Hart respectively, for a new idea he had. Speaking on Tim Green's Nothing Left Unsaid podcast last month, he said: 'I actually have another story for Cohle and Hart that, who knows, maybe we'll do it one day. 'But no, there is pressure, but I don't really feel or respond to pressure that way. I get pressure [from] myself and beyond that it doesn't exist so much for me and pressure tends to more revolve around, am I discharging my duty correctly for me?' But he insisted he wouldn't share any details of his story idea. He explained: 'If I said something on your show, there would be like five spec scripts going around Hollywood. No, I mean, it's character-based again, that's all, but it's not something I've written or anything. It's just, 'Oh, I had that in my head,' and we've talked about getting back together and doing it and I think the guys are open to it. It's just a question of whether that would ever happen or not.'
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Matthew McConaughey, Nic Pizzolatto Reunite for "Mike Hammer" Movie
Yara Sameh Matthew McConaughey and True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto have found their next collaboration. McConaughey is in talks to star in a feature film from Skydance based on the iconic private investigator character Mike Hammer, with a script by Pizzolatto. Skydance has acquired the rights to the Mike Hammer property, with plans to develop and produce the bestselling book series into a feature film. The character originated in a 1947 novel by author Mickey Spillane and continued after Spillane's death in books by Max Allan Collins. In the book series that kicked off with Spillane's I, the Jury, Mike Hammer is a private investigator who plays by his own rules and carries a torch for assistant Velda. Baby, It's Murder is billed as the final book in the series and was released this year. Producers include Skydance's David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger, alongside Guymon Casady, Benjamin Forkner and Ken F. Levin. Collins is an executive producer, while Jane Spillane co-produces. Carin Sage oversees the film for Skydance. McConaughey recently returned to the screen after a six-year hiatus with 'The Rivals of Amziah King,'. He will next star alongside America Ferrera in the Apple TV+ disaster thriller 'The Lost Bus" and the comedy series "Brothers" alongside Woody Harrelson. 'I needed to write my own story, direct my own story on the page,' McConaughey told Variety earlier this year of his time away from the camera. read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News China Launches Largest Ever Aircraft Carrier Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Lifestyle Get to Know 2025 Eid Al Adha Prayer Times in Egypt Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War Arts & Culture Zahi Hawass: Claims of Columns Beneath the Pyramid of Khafre Are Lies News Flights suspended at Port Sudan Airport after Drone Attacks News Shell Unveils Cost-Cutting, LNG Growth Plan Videos & Features Video: Trending Lifestyle TikToker Valeria Márquez Shot Dead during Live Stream Technology 50-Year Soviet Spacecraft 'Kosmos 482' Crashes into Indian Ocean News 3 Killed in Shooting Attack in Thailand
