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04-17-2007, 07:56 AM
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19928
Fox 2000, Scott Give Birth to Child 44
Source: Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963214.html?categoryId=13)
April 17, 2007
Fox 2000 has optioned screenwriter (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19928#) Tom Rob Smith's debut novel Child 44 for Ridley Scott to direct and the filmmaker's (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19928#) Scott Free to produce, reports Variety.
Smith's yet-to-be published novel, due out in 2008, was sold at auction in the U.S. to Warner Books in a two-book deal that contemplates a sequel. Simon & Schuster will publish in the U.K.
Set in Stalinist Russia, the thriller (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19928#) revolves around an officer in the secret police who is framed by a colleague for treason. On the run with his emotionally estranged wife, he stumbles upon a series of child killings and launches his own rogue investigation, even though it means risking his own capture.
Smith, a Cambridge graduate, has written for several British television shows (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19928#), including "Doctors" and "Dream Team." He also penned the story for Cambodia's first-ever soap opera for the BBC World Service Trust.
Scott's next directing project is Penetration, a political drama about modern-day intelligence and terrorism that he begins shooting in August. Leonardo DiCaprio will star in the William Monahan-scripted film (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19928#).
Scott is next in theaters with crime drama (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19928#) American Gangster (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=16504), set for release in November.
Fox 2000, Scott Give Birth to Child 44
Source: Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963214.html?categoryId=13)
April 17, 2007
Fox 2000 has optioned screenwriter (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19928#) Tom Rob Smith's debut novel Child 44 for Ridley Scott to direct and the filmmaker's (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19928#) Scott Free to produce, reports Variety.
Smith's yet-to-be published novel, due out in 2008, was sold at auction in the U.S. to Warner Books in a two-book deal that contemplates a sequel. Simon & Schuster will publish in the U.K.
Set in Stalinist Russia, the thriller (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19928#) revolves around an officer in the secret police who is framed by a colleague for treason. On the run with his emotionally estranged wife, he stumbles upon a series of child killings and launches his own rogue investigation, even though it means risking his own capture.
Smith, a Cambridge graduate, has written for several British television shows (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19928#), including "Doctors" and "Dream Team." He also penned the story for Cambodia's first-ever soap opera for the BBC World Service Trust.
Scott's next directing project is Penetration, a political drama about modern-day intelligence and terrorism that he begins shooting in August. Leonardo DiCaprio will star in the William Monahan-scripted film (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19928#).
Scott is next in theaters with crime drama (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19928#) American Gangster (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=16504), set for release in November.