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What If...? – Netflix / Scott Free (Andrew Dominik's War Party)
In the spring of 2017, it was announced that acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Dominik would be directing a Navy SEAL-based adventure action drama entitled War Party for the streaming service Netflix. Nothing about what the plot of the film would concern has ever been revealed aside from the fact that it would be inspired by true events. Dominik would helm from a screenplay that he co-wrote with Harrison Query, while visionary director Ridley Scott and his production partners Jules Daly and Kevin J. Walsh would produce through Scott Free Productions. This would mark Scott and Daly's second collaboration with Dominik following The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Also reteaming with Scott would be Tom Hardy, who was attached to star in the film. No doubt the project would've also seen Nick Cave and Warren Ellis composing the original musical score, as they had for Dominik's prior two films. Alas, no further news ever came of the project, with Dominik instead moving on to get his long-gestating passion project Blonde off the ground for the streamer. Follow me and ponder the question, "What if...?"
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