Chris Pratt's COWBOY NINJA VIKING Will Be Helmed By GAME OF THRONES Director Michelle MacLaren

Game of Thrones director Michelle MacLaren is set to direct Universal Pictures' feature film adaptation of the crazy comic book Cowboy Ninja Viking. Chris Pratt is set to star in the film and it's great to see that the project is actually moving forward. 

The project was initially announced three years ago so it's one of those films that has been slowly moving ahead. The comic was created by A.J. Lieberman and illustrator Riley Rossmo, and the film was written by Zombieland writers Paul Wernick and Everett David Reese, with a recent draft by Craig Mazin.

I'm extremely excited about this movie because the concept is so unique and so cool. MacLaren, who also directed episodes of Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, The X-Files, Better Call Saul, and Westworld, should do a fine job. It looks like this is her first feature film, so I wish her the best of luck and I can't wait to see how her vision for this story ends up on the big screen.

The story revolves around a character named Duncan (Pratt), and he comes from a secret government program that turns schizophrenics into assassins. Duncan comes through the program with the badass skill sets and personalities of a cowboy, a ninja, and a freakin' Viking. Most of the patients that are involved in the program are sent back to an insane asylum, but Duncan escapes and uses his skills to track down the billionaire who masterminded the program.

The movie is set to be released on June 28, 2019. Here's more of a detailed plot summary from the comic:

Duncan is the result of a secret government program to create soldiers for the war on terror. This experimental regimen conscripts people suffering from multiple personality disorder and turns them into “triplets,” highly lethal operatives possessing three distinct personalities drawing from warrior/tough guy archetypes. Duncan serves as the reader’s entry point into a complex web of espionage and violence that grows more intriguing as we are let in on exactly what’s up with Duncan, the people who want to drag him back into the fold, and the rest of the triplets that remain at large.

Source: Variety