Francis Lawrence and ‘The Fighter’ Screenwriter Transform ‘Samson’ Into a New Superhero Story
Posted on Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 by Russ Fischer
The Fighter is a great movie on many levels, and it is powered by a great screenplay by Scott Silver. He has worked with real life characters who are larger than life (he also wrote 8 Mile) and is now turning to a literal superhero. Or perhaps I should say mythic — even biblical — superhero, since his new project is based on the story of Samson and Delilah. (Painted above by Anthony van Dyck in 1630.)
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