It's Jeremy Renner's world and we're all just living in it. The Academy Award nominated actor (The Hurt Locker, The Town) not only is currently filming The Avengers and will voice a character in next year's Ice Age: Continental Drift, he also is starring alongside Tom Cruise in this Fall's Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
Amidst his busy schedule, Renner also managed to start up his own production company, The Combine, with partner Don Handfield. The company's first movie is an ambitious project to say the least. It's a biopic on the life of movie icon Steve McQueen. Based mostly on the Marshall Terrill books Portrait of An American Rebel and The Life and Legend of a Hollywood Icon, Renner is set to produce and star in the film while James Gray will adapt the script.
Steve McQueen was the poster boy for cool back in the 60s and 70s. Films like The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, and Papillon made him a legend. McQueen was a man's man who liked to do his own stunts and unfortunately died of cancer caused by asbestos at the age of 50. I have to say I've been extremely impressed with Renner of late (his performance in The Town was epic) and I have a lot of faith in his ability. Whether or not he'll be able to pull off Steve McQueen's inherent toughness and cool is another story.
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