Ron Howard to Direct The Parsifal Mosaic

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The Parsifal Mosaic Not the Fourth Bourne?
Source: Variety
February 12, 2009


In an interview with producer Frank Marshall last December, Marshall said that they were eyeing Robert Ludlum's "The Parsifal Mosaic" as the story for the fourth "Bourne" movie. Now, however, Variety says the fourth film and "Parsifal Mosaic" will be two separate films.

Universal is negotiating for screen rights to "Mosaic," an espionage thriller that shapes up as the first major project for Captivate Entertainment, the company that controls screen rights to Ludlum novels.

Universal is working on a fourth "Bourne" film for Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass based on an original idea, and Universal and Strike Entertainment are preparing an adaptation of Ludlum's "The Sigma Protocol."

"The Parsifal Mosaic" revolves around a U.S. intelligence agent who thinks he witnesses the execution of his lover, who was identified as a KGB double agent.

He retires, but sees her alive at a train station and attempts to find her and unravel a conspiracy. Soon, the agents become involved in an effort to track down Parsifal, a shadowy figure behind a blackmail scheme.

Universal is expected to put the film on a fast track

All good news IMO.

 

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Source: Variety
July 29, 2009


Universal Pictures has attached Ron Howard to direct The Parsifal Mosaic, an adaptation of the espionage thriller by "The Bourne Identity" author Robert Ludlum, reports Variety.

David Self will adapt the Ludlum novel about a CIA operative who thinks he witnessed the execution of his lover after she was identified as a KGB double agent.

Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer will produce with Captivate Entertainment partners Jeffrey Weiner and Ben Smith. Imagine's David Bernardi will be executive producer.

Universal is separately developing a fourth "Bourne" installment with director Paul Greengrass and The Sigma Protocol, an adaptation of yet another Ludlum thriller.

 

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Nice, gotta love that Ludlum.