Bruckheimer And The Apaches

Jerry ‘let’s blow some shit up’ Bruckheimer has been trying to get an adaptation for the novel Apaches up and running since 1997 when he bought the rights.

The novel was written by Lorenzo Carcaterra and tells the story of a group of 6 NYPD cops that after being pensioned-off decide to continue fighting crime even without the law behind them. They target an evil drug cartel baroness known as Lucia using all their expertise to bring her empire down.

The project has gone through many writers in the past including Marshall Todd, John Ridley, John Fusco and David Klass. It seems now Jerry Bruckheimer has finally found the two writers he thinks will bring the project full circle.

Sean O’Keefe and Will Staples have reportedly been hired to adapt the renegade cop story. I can only assume with both writers cutting their teeth by writing the videogames Pursuit Force and Lair, that they are perfect for bringing Bruckheimers vision to the screen.

Also the two writers are hot property in Hollywood right now having written two scripts which although still un-produced have generated lot’s of buzz in and around town. One of the much-lauded scripts is an adaptation of the book The Cruellest Miles which is about a team of 20 men and over 200 sled dogs that undertook an epic journey to deliver a vaccine to combat an epidemic in Alaska.

Bruckheimer’s plan is to have the script for Apaches to only be loosely based on the novel. It’s a pretty good story and should translate perfectly to the big screen.

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