John Woo aims his sights on ‘Caliber’ …

Posted July 16 by Travis in General News In the Works Western

Wowzers! This is some pretty cool news … John Woo (Hard-Boiled) has signed on to direct a film adaptation of the comic book ‘Caliber’ … and, it appears as though Johnny Depp will be co-producing the film. Unofficial word on the Internet streets is that Depp’s a big fan of the comic book, perhaps even itching to play the starring role? Ohh-ha-ha … If so, it’ll probably be a while. Woo’s currently working on the second part of ‘Red Cliff’. Basically, the story takes King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and retells the story in the 19th century in the Pacific Northwest of America with the King and his knights as gunslingers.

Here’s the plot as written on the Johnny Depp Reads Message Board:

[The Arthurian legend as retold in the American Old West, with all of its great symbolism, magic and spirit of adventure. The Knights of the Round Table are all gunslingers bound by a code of honor to protect the weak and defend the innocent until they are undone from within by their own moral corruption. In this tale, Caliber itself is a tattooed six-gun, given to Arthur by the Indians and imbued with supernatural power. The secret of the gun is that it is never loaded with bullets, but when a man with Justice on his side is holding it, it can fire. When it does, it fires Thunder itself and never misses.]