Arnold Schwarzenegger Starring in Last Stand for Jee-woon Kim!

According to a Polish distributor who is helping finance The Good, the Bad, the Weird director Jee-woon Kim's next film Last Stand, Arnold Schwarzenegger has joined the upcoming action thriller as a Sheriff. It will be the first live action role for the former California Governor since leaving office at the beginning of this year.

According to a Polish distributor who is helping finance The Good, the Bad, the Weird director Jee-woon Kim's next film Last Stand, Arnold Schwarzenegger has joined the upcoming action thriller as a Sheriff. It will be the first live action role for the former California Governor since leaving office at the beginning of this year.

While it has already been announced that the animated television series The Governator will be Arnold Schwarzenegger's first voice acting gig, Last Stand will mark the action icon's first turn back in front of a camera in over eight years. Last Stand has been described as a mix between Gone in Sixty Seconds and High Noon.

The story will follow the exploits of a drug cartel leader who blasts his way out of a courtroom, steals a car, and heads towards the Mexican border. Arnold Schwarzenegger will play a sheriff with an inexperienced staff who becomes involved with trying to stop the cartel leader from entering Mexico after the two parties inadvertently cross paths. Liam Neeson was originally set for the role, but left the project earlier in the year.

This news has not yet been confirmed by representatives of the actor. We will be sure to update you with any breaking news on this story and Arnold Schwarzenegger's involvement.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Plans Last Stand

Earlier in the year it was reported that ArnoldSchwarzenegger had his sights set on a number of projects, including the western The Last Stand. Though it was suggested in light of recent events that the actor might not appear after all, Deadline reports that the project is moving forward with Schwarzenegger in the lead.

The film is the first American film from Kim-ji-Woon (I Saw the Devil, The Good, The Bad, The Weird) and tells the story of an American sheriff battling against a Mexican drug cartel. In a recent interview with ComingSoon.net, Jee-woon described the project as follows:

"t's kind of a combination of 'Die Hard' and 'High Noon' where (the latter) was about protecting something very important that needs to be protected, while 'Die Hard' is a very drawn-out, long process that almost kills someone in the process. So my film will be something that has to be very well protected and, in the process, we almost die protecting it in a way."

If all goes according to plan, The Last Stand will begin shooting this September.

Read more: Arnold Schwarzenegger Plans Last Stand - ComingSoon.net http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=79687#ixzz1Rs0zk2L0

Wenn ich lese das Neeson die Rolle eigentlich spielen sollte, dann finde ich er wäre die bessere Wahl gewesen.Er hätte dieser Klischee Rolle bestimmt noch etwas abgwinnen können. Aber naja, kann man nichts machen

Ich stelle mir da sowas Richtung McQuade, der Wolf vor :D