Chris Pratt In Talks For Latest From ‘Hell Or High Water’ Creator
Taylor Sheridan, the creator ofHell or Hight Water,Wind Riverand theSicariomovies, is lining up his next project, and he wantsChris Prattto star. Pratt has an opening in his schedule due to the shelving of two other projects he was attached to. This new untitled thriller will focus on a black-ops team, and will presumably involve violent men doing violent things, like all of Sheridan’s films. More on the Chris Pratt Taylor Sheridan movie below.
This fall, Chris Pratt was all set to start shooting the amusingly namedCowboy Ninja Viking, and then follow that up by filmingGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.ButCowboy Ninja Vikinghas been shelved indefinitely due to script problems, andGuardians Vol. 3is on hold in the wake of director James Gunn being fired. Now with his schedule clear, Pratt is in talks to join the latest action thriller from Taylor Sheridan. Sheridan penned the script forHell or High Waterand the twoSicariofilms, and wrote and directedWind River.He also created the seriesYellowstone.
PerTHR, this new film will “center on a black-ops team that targets drug dealers who have protection from certain federal agencies.” That soundsverysimilar to theSicariomovies, but this is Sheridan’s niche, and he’s running with it. Pratt has some history playing members of special operations teams, having played one of the members of the SEAL team that killed Osama Bin Laden inZero Dark Thirty.
This sounds like it’s bound to be a serious and gritty role for Pratt, which might be a mistake. The actor has a wealth of charisma when he’s playing light-hearted goofballs, but whenever he’s called on to play someone more serious – like in theJurassic Worldmovies – it seems wrong. Of course, theJurassic Worldmovies continue to make tons of money at the box office, so what the hell do I know. Pratt will next be seen, or rather heard, inThe LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part.
I like most of Sheridan’s work. The firstSicariois quite good, andHell or High Wateris well-written. ButSicario: Day of the Soldadowas a bit of a drag, andWind Riverhad its moments, but ultimately fell flat. As a writer, Sheridan feels stuck in a write, writing about the same things over and over again – rough, violent men against rough, violent landscapes. He might want to change things up a bit at some point before he risks growing stale.
