...Arnie plays an American real estate magnate (hahahaha) who is kidnapped and held for ransom, while a detective races against the clock to find him. Unfortunately for us (and them?) Arnie’s being held captive in an armored truck hidden in a landfill...

Benjamin Van Der Veen has written the script based on a story by Nicolai Fulgsig, which seems like a fun name to pronounce. No other talent is attached, but the structure, involving a likely younger, intrepid cop saving Arnold, reeks of the sort of passing-the-baton BS that comes from big stars giving way to younger ones. No director is attached, but names are being sought, presumably for a mid-to-late 2012 start date. It doesn’t really sound like a role that plays to Schwarzenegger’s gifts (i.e. not talking), but maybe now that he’s on board, there will be a judicious re-write or two, as there was on the aborted “Cry Macho.”