Cowboy Ninja Vikinghas stalled on the runway as Universal pulls the movie’s 2019 release date. The studio didn’t bother giving the movie a new release date, but word is that the production is still active and will happen eventually.
Cowboy Ninja Vikingis set to be another big franchise for starChris Pratt. He already hasJurassic Worldwith Universal, which releasedFallen Kingdomthis summer to huge box office numbers. And he’s part of the Marvel family, leading theGuardians of the Galaxymovies.
Cowboy Ninja Vikinghad been given the primesummer release date of June 16, 2025. This meant shooting would need to start soon. And it sounded like things were coming together nicely as Priyanka Chopra, perhaps best known for her turn in The Rock’sBaywatchmovie,joined the action comedy last week.
Cowboy Ninja Vikingis reportedly still in active development. Universal is expected to announce a new release date sometime in the near future. This new release date will serve to accommodate the production schedule that is in place. It’s likely that we won’t get to see the movie until sometime in 2020. And it may no longer be positioned as a summer tentpole.
Chris Pratt stars as a the title character, an assassin who can manifest the best skills of all three personas. The movie will be action heavy, while still aiming for a PG-13 rating. The project is based on the Image Comics graphic novel by by AJ Lieberman and illustrator Riley Rossmo.
Acclaimed director Michelle MacLaren, who is known for her stellar work on such classic TV shows asBreaking BadandGame of Thrones, is helming the project. She was originally set to make her feature film debut withWonder Woman, but she bumped heads with DC and Warner Bros., and left under the guise of creative differences. She recently directed HBO’sThe Deucepilot episode. She is also developingThe Nightingale, a WWII thriller that is set up over at Tr-Star.
Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, the two guys behind theDeadpoolmovie scripts andZombieland, wrote the screenplay forCowboy Ninja Viking, with newer drafts turned in byHangover 2andIdentity Theftwriter Craig Mazin. Guymon Casady, Ben Forkner and Mark Gordon are producing this unique take on the comic book genre.
Chris Pratt isn’t having much luck lately. WithCowboy Ninja Vikingstalled for the time being, he is also waiting to hear who the new director ofGuardians of the Galaxy 3will be. James Gunn was fired over a serious of abhorrent tweets, and though Pratt and his cast mates have lobbied Disney to hire their boss back, it doesn’t look likely. The next Guardians sequel was all set to shoot in early 2019, but Marvel has yet to make a formal announcement about the movie and how it will move forward since Gunn got the axe.
Cowboy Ninja Vikingmay still get underway before the end of the year, but it’s unlikely that we’ll the movie anytime next year. In the meantime, we haveAvengers 4to look forward too, which will find Chris Pratt reprising his role as Star-Lord for a forth time. He’ll also return to voice Emmet Brickowski inThe Lego Movie 2and he has the westernThe Kidcoming up next year. So we’ll get quite a bit of Pratt in 2019 even withoutCowboy Ninja Viking. This news comes fromUniversal Pictures.
