In an era where most stars are associated with a marquee character (Chris Pine as Captain Kirk, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, etc.) the notion of Denzel Washington as “righteous revenger man” ( Man on Fire, The Equalizer, Safe House) is still a franchise unto itself. In that sense the failure of Devil in a Blue Dress and Out of Time (another Franklin flick, and quite a bit of fun) to spawn sequels may have been a blessing in disguise.
It also might have meant that Washington wouldn’t have spent years chasing the success of Seven, in such films as Fallen, The Bone Collector and The Little Things. (Photo by Warner Brothers/Getty Images) Getty ImagesĪ successful franchise would have arrived just as Washington was struggling as a “all by myself” box office draw, bridging the gap between The Pelican Brief (second-billed to Julia Roberts in 1993) and The Bone Collector (top-billed alongside Angelina Jolie) in 1999. There’s a reason that The Equalizer (starring Queen Latifah) is earning around double the viewers of Clarice (starring comparative unknown Rebecca Breeds).ĭenzel Washington talks to Ethan Hawke in a scene from the film 'Training Day', 2001. I hope they find someone resembling a “draw” as opposed to betting entirely on the IP.
It will at least be another example of Black faces in conventionally white spaces, which was somewhat the point of Misha Green’s Lovecraft Country and its genre-hopping structure. I hope the folks who ignored Motherless Brooklyn in theaters and then complained that Hollywood doesn’t release any movies for adults as they binged HBO’s Perry Mason prequel will sample this new Easy Rawlins show. Rami Malek, Denzel Washington and Jared Leto in John Lee Hancock's 'The Little Things' Warner Bros.Ĭonversely, no one expected Edward Norton’s (surprisingly light) Motherless Brooklyn to catch on theatrically in late 2019, just as Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto’s The Little Things was a proverbial January dump that actually got received as an Oscar contender for its one main white actor.
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