Well, here's some news we didn't expect - Lily James and Pierce Brosnan are teaming up to star in a new take on 1993 action thriller film Cliffhanger. The original film starred Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker and Janine Turner, and followed a mountain climber who became embroiled in the heist of a US Treasury plane while in the Rocky Mountains. This new reimagining, which is filming now in Austria, is being directed by Black Adam's Jaume Collet-Serra and has been written by Ana Lily Amirpour, with the intention being that it will get a theatrical release.
According to Variety , Brosnan will play "seasoned mountaineer Ray Cooper, who operates a luxury chalet in the Dolomites with daughter Sydney". The synopsis says: "During a weekend trip with a billionaire’s son, they are targeted by a gang of kidnappers. "Ray’s daughter Naomi (James), still haunted by a past climbing accident, witnesses the attack and escapes.
To save her family, she must confront her fears and fight for survival." Other stars set to feature in the film, which is described by Variety as a "father-daughter take on Die Hard", include Nell Tiger Free, Franz Rogowski, Shubham Saraf, Assaad Bouab, Suzy Bemba and Bruno Gouery. Director Serra said in a statement: "Shooting our movie on location in the Dolomites using large format cameras was imperative for us to show the scope and scale of the story we’re telling.
We’re going to bring the audience a truly thrilling and visceral, premium the.