Dwayne Johnson is still slated to lead The Janson Directive, but now the film will be the first in a series of movies in a Robert Ludlum cinematic universe.
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Dwayne Johnson confirms he'll star in The Janson Directive based on the book by Bourne author Robert Ludlum. Akiva Goldsman is writing the script.
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Dwayne Johnson, The Rock, might have found his new franchise. It's Robert Ludlum’s Read more about the The Janson Directive movie here.
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The other way to write the headline for this story would be "Game of Thrones Director to Remake Sam Peckinpah Film." But even the most ardent Peckinpah fan -- and I'm pretty damn ardent -- isn't going to yell very loud to claim Peckinpah's adaptation of the novel by Robert Ludlum as one of the…
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Robert Ludlum didn't entirely write the Covert One series of books; before his death, he co-wrote some and merely 'oversaw' or produced others. But his name's on there anyway, which makes them just that bit easier to sell to audiences who wouldn't mind seeing another Bourne film. So get ready for a Covert One movie,…
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Update: Tom Cruise was being courted for at least six different big Hollywood projects. Out of all the possible projects, the star has chosen the least interesting one. Cruise is in talks to join Cameron Diaz in the 20th Century Fox action-comedy Wichita. Cruise will play an undercover agent who pops in and out of…
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It's been a busy time for Robert Ludlum watchers these last few days. Not one, not two, not three, not four but five upcoming films to be based, one way or another, on his books have had some fresh light shed upon them. (John Grisham watchers should just pack up their tents; Tom Clancy watchers…
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Recently, Variety reported that Universal Pictures has aquired the exclusive rights to Jason Bourne character and has inked a first-look deal for other Ludlum novels. This new deal "paves the way" for future Bourne installments. The fourth Bourne film is currently scheduled to be released in summer 2010, with Paul Greengrass directing Matt Damon as…
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Yeah yeah, we all wanted another killer gaping orifice movie. Celebrated director David Cronenberg is in talks to helm The Matarese Circle, a global conspiracy thriller based on the 1979 book by the late author Robert Ludlum (the Bourne franchise). Denzel Washington is already attached to play one of the leads in the MGM production,…
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Producer Frank Marshall revealed to IESB plans to begin shooting a fourth Jason Bourne movie next Summer, for release in 2010. Universal announced the project back in February, with director Paul Greengrass and star Matt Damon set to return. Marshall also confirmed that they will probably be creating an original story for the fourth film,…
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