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Early Talks Underway for George Clooney to Direct Sci-fi Thriller ‘Echo’
George Clooney has found himself in the director’s chair for six feature films to date, most recently last year’s Suburbicon, and Deadline is reporting today that he may make it seven with 20th Century Fox’s Echo. According to the site, Clooney is in early talks to direct the sci-fi thriller.
The site notes, “This is early stages, but my sources expect a deal will happen.”
Christopher MacBride wrote the script, described as “an original thriller with a sci-fi edge in which a drone specialist has a psychological crisis: is he paranoid in suspecting his lover is not who she appears to be, and could she possibly have been replaced?”
The film is produced by 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen (“Stranger Things”).
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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