When Tony Scott sadly passed away last year, the director not only left behind a strong body of work (check out our list of his Essentials), but also numerous projects in various stages of development. And now one of them is looking to be going into the hands of a new director. The Wrap reports that Doug Liman is in "early negotiations" to direct "Narco Sub." Penned by David Guggenheim ("Safe House"), the story will center around the submersible vehicles South American drug cartels use to smuggle cocaine into the United States. Not many other details are known on this one except that it's set up over at Fox. But more crucially, Liman has a number of options at the moment. Though he's currently finishing the sci-fi actioner "Edge of Tomorrow" starring Tom Cruise for next summer, he's been attached to no shortage of movies, including an adaptation of Olen Steinhauer...
- 10/8/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
To say that Doug Liman has a lot on his plate would be an understatement. Currently shooting "All You Need Is Kill" with Tom Cruise, the director has numerous projects cooking on the side including: the documentary "Reckoning With Torture: Memos And Testimonies From The War On Terror"; a movie about Two-Gun Cohen; an adaptation of Jack Finney's "Time And Again"; the spy flick "The Tourist" and the mountain climbing adventure "Everest." And it's the latter that has just gained a bit of momentum. Deadline reports that Tom Hardy is in early talks to star to "Everest" taking the role of famed climber George Mallory. Based on the book "Paths Of Glory" by Jeffrey Archer (title changed for obvious reasons), the story will tell the true tale of the first man to climb Mount Everest. Mallory famously took three tries before reaching the summit but his determination was an inspiration to a scarred.
- 9/25/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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