Cop Thriller ‘Little Things’ Will See Denzel Washington Hunting A Serial Killer
Denzel Washingtonhas played a lot of cops in his career, and now he’s set to do it again. Washington will star in the cop thrillerLittle Things, from a script byJohn Lee Hancock(TheHighwaymen). The acclaimed actor will play a deputy sheriff who teams up with a detective in order to track down a serial killer. As is often the case with cops hunting killers, Washington’s character has some dark secrets from his past that he must deal with. More on theLittle Thingsmovie below.Varietybroke the news about Denzel Washington joining theLittle Thingsmovie. John Lee Hancock, who directedThe Blind Side, The Founder,and the upcoming Netflix movieTheHighwaymen, wrote the script, and is considering directing as well – although that’s not official yet. Here’s theLittle Thingssynopsis, per Variety:
Reading that synopsis makes me very sad Tony Scott isn’t still with us, because this sounds like exactly the type of movie he could’ve knocked out of the park with frequent collaborator Washington.
With Washington on board, Warner Bros. will likely look for another big star to play opposite him as Baxter. This will be Washington’s first acting gig since last year’s ultra-violent sequelThe Equalizer 2. Meanwhile, Washington is also expected to direct Michael B. Jordan in the dramaJournal of Jordan, butLittle Thingswill likely come first.
I wouldn’t call the aforementioned plot ofLittle Thingsparticularly original, but Washington is an actor who always brings his A-game, no matter the material. He can play cop characters in his sleep at this point, but that doesn’t mean he’ll phone it in. Word onthe streetis that theLittle Thingsscript has similarities toTraining Day, which won Washington a Best Actor Oscar. I don’t entirely get the comparison from the description, but perhaps it relates to the “dark secret” from Washington’s character’s past. And hey, maybe they can get Ethan Hawke to play Detective Baxter, and make this a full-blownTraining Dayreunion.
