Samuel Bayer is basically known for two things, Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video (which Kurt Cobain disliked) and his remake of “A Nightmare On Elm Street” earlier this year (which nobody liked save for a few easy-to-please horror fans).
So, maybe this time he’ll make something that most people like? (OK, he does have a decade of music video work under his belt, but nothing particularly memorable, despite the number of high profile artists he’s worked with). Anyway, Bayer’s attached to direct an adaptation of “Tumor,” a graphic novel about “the final mission of a failed private detective who suffers from an inoperable brain tumor that causes time-bending hallucinations.”
You know what? The premise doesn’t sound half bad, but it still might be a long way off and we’re not holding our breath it will be a quality film. The project is still in development, no screenwriter seems to have been attached and Bayer’s track record as a director leaves a bit to be desired. Bayer was also attached to direct “Fiasco Heights” a while back, a project set up under Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes shingle. The film, which follows a gunman who returns “to the crime-ridden city of Fiasco Heights and teams with a degenerate gambler/private eye on the run from a syndicate to look for a beautiful femme fatale and a mysterious briefcase,” seems to have died on the vine.