OlderZac Efron is on Fire
Zac Efron is going from drama to an action spy thriller.
The 22-year-old has attached himself to two of Universal’s new projects, one of which is a graphic novel turned action flick called Fire, Deadline and THR report.
Written and drawn by Brian Michael Bendis before he went on to become one of Marvel Comics’ top writers, the story centers on a college student who is inducted into a special CIA project that tests whether training ordinary citizens to be agents can be successful.
In addition, Zac is also looking at two WB projects. One is Algorithm which the studio wants Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nick Stoller to helm.
Zac is slated to executive produce both films along with his manager Jason Barrett.
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awesome. can’t wait <3
Yay! I’ve been waiting for this news! I wonder what the other one is about! I can’t wait for all of this now, I need more news!
Love you, Zac, and you’re a great actor.
OMG THIS IS AWESOME!
I LOVE THAT HE’S BRANCHING OUT!
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Can’t wait
sounds cool
from that title the little kid fans will think zac died in a fire. lol
I think this is a very interesting choice for Zac and its great to see him branching out like this. I wonder if Brian Michael Bendis is thrilled with this development though. I’ve heard him on a podcast called “Word Balloon” (which features comic book writers and artists) and he comes across as a little bit of a snob where movies are concerned sometimes. I heard him say he had his cable provider block the Disney Channel so his young daughter was wasn’t watching thngs like “Hannah Montana” and “The Cheetah Girls.”
So I can see him looking down on a Zac Efron. But then again he sold the movie rights to “Fire” which to my knowledge isn’t one of his highest profile works (as a matter of fact this is the first time I’ve ever heard of it) so probably be glad to have Zac attached (as he should be) if it elevates the book’s profile.
awesome can’t waitt.
ekk. he;s growing up
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okay, seriously..who cares about zack afron anymore? he isnt even signing on for highschool music 4: college party..so stuck up. now he thinks hes going to do more “grown up” movies. im sick and tired of all these wanna be actors that come from disney shannel? like just because you were on there doesnt mean your going to be famous forever. plus ++ that girl hes been dating from highschool musickal mellissa hudgens..is holding him back she doesnt even do anything with her karear except get nood.. someone needs to start posting more about someone like justin beeber. he is a way better aktor and singger then zack is most def. i kno everyone agrees but they are too afraide people are going to attak them.
@getitupgetitoutnow:
your attempt to sound “stupid” or like a 6 yr old kid is over the top. you went way overboard with trying to fake it. you must be from that b-i-t-c-h club site and y’all are majorly pissed off cause “zack afron” has two fantastic movies coming up which means he will not be doing any hairspray sequel. get over it. get over it. ha ha ha ha ha.
OH EM GEE!!!….GO ZAC!!!!!!
Hmm…. I love the projects that Zac has done so far. MAOW being one of my favorites. However, Fire…. I dunno. It sounds like Agent Cody Banks except that instead of high school, its college. I am more interested in finding out what Algorithm is all about. I wish him the best in all his endeavors.
He definitely is on fire.. not only because he’s hot. XD Aw, Zachary is going places. :D I can totally see him as a dorky spy or something. Haha. Go Zachary !! *sigh* He’s changed so much since ‘Summerland’. In a def. good way. :D
@ #10, you showed me you don’t even know want you are talking about. you can’t even get there names right Zac efron and Vanessa Hudgens, they both are trying to improve there acting skills and are trying different characters in different movies, they are not doing musicals any time soon. Vanessa is not holding Zac back, Zac just made a movie charlie st clould and Vanessa has done two movies back to back. Beastly which comes out in July and Sucker punch, comes out march 2011, which is a action movie directed by Zack Synder who did 300 and watchmen, and Zac’s movie comes out in June. How Zac is really going to be doing several movies and he is going to be very busy. I heard Vanessa has some protects in the works. Zac and Vanessa are always their for each other and support each other in very thing they do.Zac and Vanessa are not teenagers anymore, they are 21 and 22 years old, they are growing up, so natural they want to do more grown up roles, they have grown out of HSM.
That’s awesome news for him, wow. Glad to see him branching out in work. I normally love spy films, so this one is some thing I’ll most likely see. Another film I’d like to see Zac try out for is a Heroes type show, some thing with abilitys yah know? I like shows/movies like that. It’d be cool to see Zac use fire. I’ve never heard of this book either, I’ll check it out. Two WB projects too? Wow. Getting busey.
Good to know that he’s taking so many different approaches in his career. He’s young, talented and def going places. :)
“getitupgetitoutnow”: You have to be really imature to have posted that comment. Not only do you sound like you’re a whinning 5 year old girl who doesnt get her way, but you cant even correctly name the people you’re making fun of.
If you have nothing nice to say, dont say anything at all.
Stop wasting your time and everyone else’s by being too young to post something that matters.
I forgot I am really happy for Zac, he deserves it and he’s really trying different parts, he is going to get better and better in his acting.I think he is doing very thing right.I can’t wait for his movie, when it comes out in June.
@getitupgetitoutnow:
justin bieber??? HAHAHA, YOU MAKE ME LOL. you see, this is why JJ is a much better site. no immature tweeds. and seriously, JUSTIN BEIBER?? oh gosh….
Awesome! I really look forward to seeing Zac in these future projects.
There are a lot of good looking actors out there and I’d put Zac at the top but what sets him apart from the rest is his talent, likability, and humility that jumps off the screen. He makes you care about the characters he is portraying and that is why as an actor he is here to
stay and has a long career ahead of him.
Oh this sounds like it will be great/perfect for him. Nice to see a former Disney star really doing something with their career.
Not a lot of fomer Disney stars have done what Zac has done. I think its great for him and he’s well on his way to becoming a big star outside of Disney and all those damn tweeny boppers.
GOOOOOOOOOOO ZACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC!!!!!!
@getitupgetitoutnow: Justin Bieber????????? WTF PLEASEEEE tell you your kidding me. That little boy still has yet to hit puberty thankfully Zac did that many years ago. Justin is nothing but a child where as Zac is a young man. Please don’t EVERR compare the two of them. Zac deserves SOOOOOOOOOO much better.
can’t wait, but i bet it’ll be a while before we actually get to see the movies in theatres, as neither of the scripts have been completed yet. i love CIA idea. it just puts an edge to the movie. love it!
@duuumm: it wouldn’t come out until most likely late 1011 or maybe even 2012. I get the feeling both of these are a quite a ways out from being in the theaters.
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