When a number of new Robert De Niro projects was announced recently, one that raised many peoples eyebrows was a sequel to eighties' comedy Midnight Run. Whilst De Niro has, to say the least, a patchy record when it comes to comedy, Midnight Run was considered one of his successes. The film featured De Niro as a bounty hunter tasked with bringing Charles Grodin's mob accountant safely from New York to LA.
Deadline Hollywood reports that plans for the sequel are now gathering pace, with screenwriter Tim Dowling (Role Models) hired to prepare the first draft of the script. Whilst De Niro will return, the script is not expected to feature a role for Grodin. Little is known about the plot, other than it will feature De Niro tasked with 'having to bring in a new fugitive
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