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Nicole Kidman To Topline Psychological Thriller ‘Before I Go To Sleep’
Nicole Kidman is in talks to play the lead in writer-director Rowan Joffe’s (writer of 28 Weeks Later) psychological thriller Before I Go To Sleep, which Joffe has adapted from Steve Watson’s acclaimed debut novel, reports Screen Daily.
Watson’s acclaimed novel is a psychological thriller “about a woman who wakes up every morning without remembering the past 20 years of her life.” The novel’s rights have sold in 42 countries.
Liza Marshall of Ridley and Tony Scott’s Scott Free is producing. StudioCanal and BBC Films are among parties circling the project. Shoot dates have yet to be confirmed.
BAFTA winner Joffe wrote and directed 2010 drama Brighton Rock and also wrote screenplay’s for Anton Corbijn’s The American and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s 28 Weeks Later.
Kidman most recently starred in Joel Schumacher’s terrible Trespass and will hit screens this year in Park Chan-wook’s Stoker. 
Keith C. Blackmore’s book series Mountain Man is headed to the screen, with Deadline reporting today that Joe Manganiello (“True Blood”) is on board to star in the film adaptation.
The actor will also produce the upcoming zombie movie.
“Mountain Man tells the story of Gus, a lonely post-apocalyptic survivor facing isolation and the ever-present specter of a zombie attack, who struggles with alcohol abuse and suicidal thoughts until he discovers another survivor, a captivating woman who poses another threat altogether.”
John Lee (False Positive) will direct Mountain Man from a script by Matt Deller.
“John is a brilliant creative mind. We’ve been looking for the right thing to do together since we filmed Pee Wee’s Big Holiday and it’s finally here,” 3:59’s Joe and Nick Manganiello told Deadline. “Very excited to get to work on such weird, wild project with him.”
Film Bridge International is launching sales on the project in Cannes.
Blackmore’s Mountain Man series features 7 books, the first one published in 2011.
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