Wesley Snipes In “Five Minutes To Live”

Alright, so I bet people are wondering what will happen for Wesley Snipes after his big Expendables 3 gig.  Here’s an update.  The actor will star in a Chuck Russell-directed remake of the 1961 Johnny Cash-led crime-drama “Five Minutes to Live” for Hannibal Pictures.  Don’t write Hannibal Pictures off too soon, from what we understand they’re trying to up their game in 2015 (think less Asylum, more Cannon).

The original starred Cash and Vic Tayback as two thieves who conspire to rob a bank and hold the bank manager’s wife hostage. Russell and Raul Sanchez-Inglis co-write the script for the remake.  Joseph Nasser, Michael Mendelsohn and Richard Rionda Del Castro will produce. International rights for the project will go on sale next week at the American Film Market.

Of course if this doesn’t work, another Blade is always a possibility.  Snipes still has it.  Check out Brooklyn’s Finest to see a pre-prison role where he really did excel as an actor.

Source: [Variety]