The Russo Brothers To Direct ‘Cherry’ After ‘Avengers 4’
By Ben Pearson/Aug. 24, 2018 1:35 pm EST
Here’s how the outlet describes the novel:
The book has been called Jesus’ Son meets Reservoir Dogs, a breakneck-paced debut novel about love, war, bank robberies, and heroin. A young man from an affluent family marries his hometown girlfriend before joining the Army and shipping out to Iraq. An Army medic, he is unprepared for the grisly reality that awaits him, and the rough-and-tumble nature of his fellow soldiers who smoke, huff computer duster, take painkillers, watch porn, and get gruesomely injured all too regularly.
AGBO beat out companies like Sony, Endeavor Content, and Warner Bros. for the rights to the story, despite Warner Bros.’ package of The Disaster Artist helmer James Franco slated to direct and Stronger writer John Pollono writing the script. But AGBO’s $1 million bid won out in the end, and the Russos went out of their way to lock this one down. They grew up near where Walker did in Cleveland, and Deadline says they’ve also lost friends to the opioid crisis and wanted to shine a spotlight on that particular issue.
This sounds like a 180 from the massive endeavor that is Avengers 4 and could signal the types of smaller projects the Russos want to make moving forward. They started out as independent filmmakers before graduating to mid-level comedies, moving to television, and then snagging Marvel gigs and making some of the most financially successful films ever made. They’ve earned their clout, and while I really enjoyed Infinity War, I’m also very excited to see what these guys do when they aren’t burdened with juggling a million comic book characters in the same film.
