So it's perhaps fitting that the director is Pierre Morel. Morel directed the awesome District B13, but also Neeson's turn in Taken, Sean Penn's performance in The Gunman, and John Travolta in From Paris with Love. We can argue about the quality of those movies some other day, but he's certainly the right director for what sounds like a typical revenge flick. Garner plays a woman whose husband and daughter are gunned down in a driveby murder. After waking up from her coma she sets out to become a lethal killing machine, and on the 10th anniversary of her family's death she sets out to get revenge on everyone she holds responsible, from the bottom of the food chain to the top. The script was penned by Chad St. John, who wrote London has Fallen.
Between this and Atomic Blonde I hope this is the beginning of more veteran actresses getting their own action franchises. I'd kill for a Theron vs. Garner flick someday, directed by Lexi Alexander. A guy can dream. No word on when Peppermint will begin filming but my guess is that it will be soon. [Deadline]
