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Summary Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his comeback to the big screen with Cry Macho
It is drama about a down-on-his-luck horse trainer who is hired to kidnap a 9-year-old boy.Schwarzenegger, 63, will play Mike, a horse trainer whose wife and son have died. Director Brad Furman promises a complete new look of Arnold in this movie. Furman said that Arnold always plays big muscular guys, but there is sweetness to Arnold in real life, and he wants to bring that to the screen. The director hopes that the audience will like the film and at the end of the movie they will be laughing and crying at the same time.Schwarzeneggers deal calls for the actor to receive $12.5 million plus 25% of gross ticket sales from the first dollar. The film is based on the 1975 novel, Cry Macho, by N. Richard Nash, who also wrote the play The Rainmaker. The projects financier, QED International, will begin offering it to international buyers at the Cannes Film Festival next week.Filming is set to begin in September.
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