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“Deathgames.” The title alone summons up awesome mental images, right? The title bubbled out of the trades last week as an upcoming project with “Twilight” star Kellan Lutz and “Iron Man 2″ star Samuel L. Jackson in late-stage talks to headline. Intrigued by the premise — Jackson kidnaps Lutz and forces him to fight in a modern-day gladiator arena — I put in a call to Mike Callaghan, who is producing with Motion Picture Corporation of America, for additional details.

“Essentially the idea is, what if you had ‘Gladiator’ set in the present with modern-day technology,” Callaghan explained. “You’ve got Sam Jackson essentially playing the Caesar who rules over an arena where people fight to the death. And Kellan plays our gladiator, who enters the film as someone that was kidnapped and rises through the ranks to become the head gladiator, the prized fighter.”

That’s the basic pitch. Things get mighty interesting however when you take a closer look at Jackson’s character and how he stages these fights.

“Everything takes place online. Our villain, Sam Jackson’s character — his name is Logan — has a fortress in a very secluded part of the world where he’s got,” — now dig this, “a huge green screen arena where he has these people to the death and everything’s broadcast over the Internet.”

source: MTV

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