Motor City is a film with zero spoken dialogue, originally conceived by then-Warner Bros. president Greg Silverman so that global audiences could share the same experience without language barriers.
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The conversation shifts to what Reacher has become: 56 million global viewers in a single week for Season 2 [1] — Dax Shepard "Reacher — 56M global viewers in one week: Reacher Season 2 attracted 56 million global viewers in a single week, making it one of the most-…" 1:04:56 , concentrated on one character rather than an ensemble, unprecedented in streaming history. Alan is visibly grateful but notes that the scale of it — unlike Stranger Things — rests almost entirely on a single person, which is a gift and a weight. Dax then pivots to Motor City, which he watched the night before with Kristen Bell, who was blown away. It has no spoken dialogue — a concept Alan traces to Greg Silverman, then Warner Bros. president, who wanted a film that everyone worldwide could experience identically without language getting in the way. The script had been on the Hollywood Blacklist since 2009, was greenlit nine times, and had every major leading man in Hollywood attached at some point. Alan read it and called it a masterpiece. Dax compares it to Cirque du Soleil: deliberately internationally accessible as a spectacle. Also discussed: Runner with Owen Wilson (September) and an Arnold Schwarzenegger Christmas film.
Reacher Season 2 attracted 56 million global viewers in a single week, making it one of the most-watched streaming shows in Amazon Prime Video history.
Motor City has no spoken dialogue. Every major leading man in Hollywood — Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman, Gerard Butler, Adrian Brody — was attached at some point. It was greenlit nine times. The concept was simple: Greg Silverman wanted a film everyone in the world could watch with the exact same experience, regardless of language. Alan Ritchson read the script and called it a masterpiece.
The Motor City script appeared on Hollywood's prestigious Blacklist of best unproduced screenplays as early as 2009 and was greenlit nine times with different directors before finally being made.
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