Fishbowl has learned that the new Harrison Ford Civil War thriller “Manhunt” is going with a southern American as it’s director. Very southern American, he’s Ecuadorian: Sebastian Cordero, who last directed “Cronicas” with John Leguizamo starring is in final negotiations to get his big break directing Ford as the Civil War hero Col. Everton Conger, who lead the search for President Lincoln‘s assassin.
(Okay, it’s an Amish/”Witness” still. But still close enough to the 19th century for what you’re paying to read this.)
“Manhunt” is produced by Lawrence Bender, the “Pulp Fiction” producer who more recently went way south of the border to produce the fascinating-but-largely-ignored “Innocent Voices” – last year’s Luis Mandoki-directed film about a young Salvadoran boy forced to decide between joining up with Sandinista rebels or the army.
Bender, pictured above, has seen his stature in Hollywood shrink as the heady success of “Pulp Fiction” subsided.
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