Since the Nicolas Winding Refn arty biopic (Bronson), nothing has thwarted Tom Hardy’s rise to leading (muscle) man status. Upcoming 2011 and 2012 releases in Warrior, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, This Means War, The Wettest County in the World, The Dark Knight Rises and eventually Mad Max: Fury Road prove that bulking up can reward one with top commodity status in Hollywood. TTB reports that Hardy has added one more action-thriller project to his workload – Hummingbird could begin production as early as 2012, somewhere between when Nolan is finished with the actor and when George Miller begins the four film in the Mad Max franchise.
Gist: Scripted by Steven Knight who’ll also direct for the first time, this is the story of an ex-Special Forces soldier who takes another man’s identity in order to get revenge, sinking deeper and deeper into the criminal underworld.
Worth Noting: Hardy’s first break came with a bit role in Black Hawk Down.
Do We Care: Sure this is pure Bourne-like popcorn, but considering that we dug how Knight detailed the underworld in Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises, we’re less iffy about the prospects of this project with the curious-sounding title.
