The Word on Cross Mega-producer/director/actor
Tyler Perry is leaving Madea behind to take on the role of James Patterson’s famous detective Dr. Alex Cross, previously portrayed by
Morgan Freeman in
Kiss the Girls and
Along Came a Spider. Summit Entertainment, the company that brought you
Twilight and
Red (that’ll probably be on the promotional poster),
has picked up domestic distribution rights to
I, Alex Cross, which will be considered a reboot of the franchise.
Lost star
Matthew Fox also signed on to play a psycho serial killer who viciously murders Cross’s wife. While Fox seems like an intriguing (and good) fit, can the mega-producer/director/actor follow in the shoes of an Oscar winner?
--Derrick Deane