Universal Pictures are effectively pushing the eventual theatrical release of Asger Leth’s debut in feature filmmaking to a highly probable 2011 date. Production Weekly’s twitter update states that the project formerly know as “Cartel”, and that’ll see Josh Brolin toplining, is now called “Waterbug” and has a shooting in the sweltering month of May in the cards. I was curious to know what type of insect family the waterbug is part of, and apparently it is also known as an American cockroach, this may explain how Brolin’s character is perceived by his neighbors from the South. Looking for more casting announcements in the weeks to come.
Written by Peter Craig, who penned Jonathan Jakubowicz’s Southbound (another bordertown exposé), this is based on the 1993 Italian film “La scorta” and follows Ed Marker (Josh Brolin) as he journeys to protect his son after his wife is brutally murdered in the gritty world of Mexican cartels. Here’s a trailer for the original, which I assume with have very little resemblance to the remake
