‘Midnight Run 2’ Gets New Writers with Brett Ratner Ready to Direct

Two years ago there were some rumblings about Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin coming back together for a sequel to Midnight Run, the film that followed bounty hunter Jack Walsh (De Niro), a former Chicago cop, hunting a mob accountant played by Grodin in order to collect a $100,000 fee. At the time, Tim Dowling was hired to write a script, and while De Niro was pumped to return, Grodin, who just hasn’t been acting much by choice, didn’t seem like he would necessarily jump at the chance. Well, now a new writers have been hired, and Brett Ratner is ready to direct, so a play may be made to get him back. As for the writers, Deadline says David Elliot and Paul Lovett (G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra) will rewrite Dowling’s script, and with Ratner involved, we’re likely looking at something akin to his Rush Hour series, which itself …