George "Soul Food" Tillman has signed on to direct the action revenge flick, Faster, starring The People's Champion himself, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The Rock has been signed on to the film for a few months now, portraying an ex-con who seeks revenge against those who killed his brother in a botched heist years earlier. The flick marks a return to the action genre after a couple years spent wasting away on family friendly junk like The Game Plan and Race to Witch Mountain. Gridiron Gang was ok. I'll give him credit for that. Don't even get me started on Southland Tales or I'll be writing all day on the things wrong with that movie.
Tillman first really came to prominence with the urban skewing family drama, Soul Food, which every african-american film has been parroting ever since. His next film, Men of Honor, paired the young director with Hollywood legend Robert Deniro and Hollywood punching bag Cuba Gooding, Jr. His most recent film, Notorious, a biopic about the life of rapper Notorious B.I.G. was a modest success, grossing upwards of $35M.
THR has more on the developments here.
