Abu-Assad and Jeffrey Dean Morgan are the New ‘Courier’

What an odd move it would make to see Hany Abu-Assad (who has been waiting, and waiting some more for his next project to unfold) to move from Paradise Now onto a screenplay written from the pair who gave us 3:10 to Yuma, currently lensing The A-Team and the “Wanted” franchise. According to the Production Weekly twitter feed, Abu-Assad has replaced the once pegged Russell Mulcahy (Resident Evil: Extinction) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan will take on the role that originally went to Adrien Brody. Somehow Morgan delivering a suitcase is slightly more believable than Brody delivering the goods.  

The Courier centers on a daredevil courier who’s pursued across the country by corrupt cops and rival crime bosses when he has to deliver a briefcase to a notorious underworld figure who can’t be found. I haven’t read the script, but I imagine this will have less screeching wheels than what we find in The Transporter films.