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McG To Tell A Dead Spy To Run
Cinema Blend News — McG To Tell A Dead Spy To Run Everyone’s trying to reinvent the spy franchise. xXx and The Bourne Identity both did pretty good at jump-starting potential new franchises, with mixed results on their follow ups. Even the classic theatrical spy, James Bond, has been rebooted with Casino Royale and the first ever Bond sequel, the upcoming Quantum of Solace . So the notion that Warner Brothers is looking for another spy franchise should come as no surprise. The Hollywood Reporter announced Warner Brothers’ acquisition of the rights to Dead Spy Running , a pending spy ...

McG to direct "Dead Spy Running"
FilmWad — ... According to The Hollywood Reporter it "mixes "The Bourne Identity" with the works of John Le Carre."   The goal of the films is to take a new look at spy movies and give the genre more of a cloak and dagger feel than the a high pace action that they have all become. ...

Catherine Zeta-Jones in Talks to Star in World’s Most Ridiculous Film
Vulture — ... McG Reinvents Spy Genre: Warner Bros. has picked up Jon Stock's upcoming spy novel Dead Spy Running for McG to direct, hoping to launch a franchise character that "reinvents the spy genre" by giving us the origin story of a newly trained spy. We hate to nitpick the definition of "reinvention," but wasn't Casino Royale the origin story of a newly trained spy? [HR] ...

McG to helm ‘Dead Spy Running’
The Screening Log — McG is set to direct the big-screen adaptation of Jon Stock’s spy novel “Dead Spy Running” for Warner Bros. We don’t know much about the plot at this stage, but the Hollywood Reporter says it is the first of a trilogy. Think a new kind of “The Bourne Identity” spy thriller. Warner hopes to launch a franchise character with this first project, although it’s unclear whether McG will direct more than one film. McG is currently in post-production for “Terminator Salvation.” ...

Screenwriting News & Links! 10/26/08
Mystery Man on Film — ... Hehehe...) Bardem signs up for Iñárritu's Biutiful See also Variety’s article: Pic is about a man embroiled in shady dealings who is confronted by a childhood friend, now a policeman. (This follows Iñárritu's well-publicized falling out with writing collaborator Guillermo Arriaga over the credit on Babel.) McG to direct 'Dead Spy Running' Warner Bros. has acquired "Dead Spy ...