Frank Grillo to Star in The Raid Re-Imagining

Frank Grillo has his next film lined up, and it’s one that will be facing a rather high bar. XYZ Films has posted a new video online revealing that Grillo and Joe Carnahan have joined the studio’s English-language reimagining of The Raid. You can see the announcement video below.

? BIG NEWS WEDNESDAY? #TheRaid @carnojoe #FrankGrillo pic.twitter.com/ALhgZWgafq

— XYZ Films (@XYZFilms) February 15, 2017

The Raid, which was released in the US as The Raid: Redemption, arrived in 2011. The Indonesian action film starred Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhian and tells the story of an elite DEA FAST team that becomes trapped in a tenement run by a notorious drug lord, his two highly-violent martial arts killers, and a personal militia armed with machetes and machine guns. Stranded on the 6th floor with no way out, the team must fight their way through the city’s worst to survive their mission. It was critically acclaimed and spawned a sequel.

Carnahan noted that the film will not be a remake, posting:

THE RAID remake will hew closer in tone & feel to THE GREY and NARC.@Ghuevans is producing alongside & has given us his full blessing.

— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) February 15, 2017

It's not a remake. It's a reimagining of the same scenario.
Everybody take a deep breath.
We won't disappoint you, rabid-fanboy-from-Hell. https://t.co/ShPcXmng5n

— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) February 15, 2017

You can't remake The Raid, guys. It's a fantastic film. So, ask yourselves why would we be doing it, unless we had something really special.

— Joe Carnahan (@carnojoe) February 15, 2017