McG to Direct Dead Spy Running

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Source: The Hollywood Reporter
October 23, 2008


Warner Bros. has acquired "Dead Spy Running," an upcoming spy novel by British author Jon Stock for McG (upcoming Terminator Salvation to direct that would serve as a launch of a franchise character, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The book, the first of a trilogy, aims to reinvent the spy genre. It tells the origin story of newly trained spy in a tone that mixes The Bourne Identity with the works of John Le Carre. "Running" sold to a HarperCollins imprint in a bidding war and will be published in 2009.

McG, who would direct at least the first installment, is producing with Jeanne Allgood via their Warners-based Wonderland Sound and Vision.

 

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Sounds cool. I'll be looking for the book when it comes out.

 

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Stephen Gaghan Adapting Dead Spy Running
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
February 19, 2009


Stephen Gaghan has been hired to pen the adaptation of Dead Spy Running an espionage novel to which McG is attached to direct for Warner Bros., says The Hollywood Reporter.

Based on a book by British author Jon Stock, the film is meant to be the first in a trilogy and aims to reinvent the spy genre by telling the origin story of a newly trained spy in a tone that mixes the grittiness of The Bourne Identity with the wittiness of John Le Carre's oeuvre.

"Spy," to be published in June, begins with the protagonist running the London Marathon, where a fellow racer is strapped with explosives. The scenario leads to a globe-trotting adventure to clear the name of the man's father.

McG, who would direct at least the first installment, is producing with Jeanne Allgood via their Warners-based Wonderland Sound and Vision.