Tony Scott Loves Chippendales

For a second there, I had a vision of Tony Scott directing a rebooted version of CHIP ‘N DALE’S RESCUE RANGERS that played like an animated DOMINO with an alcoholic Monterey Jack and a pervy Zipper.  But, alas, that is not to be.  As I looked closer (and actually read) the article over at Variety, I saw that Scott will, instead, be directing a film about the rise and eventual fall of Steve Banerjee, the man who created the Chippendales nightclub during the ’80s.

From a script written by Lisa Schrager (PAY THE GIRL and GANGSTA BITCHES), the film, as yet untitled, is an adaptation of a manuscript from Rodney Shelton and is said to have a tone “similar” to Scott’s 1993 films TRUE ROMANCE.  The film would follow Banerjee from the time he pumped gas to him creating the nightclub to his eventual swirl into drugs and competition before going to jail in the early ’90s.  No doubt the scene involving Banerjee hiring a hitman to take out his own dance choreographer will feature ample amounts of quick flashes and grainy film stock.

Scott is currently in production on UNSTOPPABLE.  There is no word on whether the Chippendales film is next on his plate.  If you wanna fund that RESCUE RANGERS movie idea I had, you know where to contact me.