Liman, of course, is a connoisseur of the spy genre. Ambitious stuff…ĭoug Liman on How He Kept His Explosive Brett Kavanaugh Documentary Under Wraps Until Now Steinhauer, who lives in Hungary, also wrote a series of books prior to the Weaver trilogy about a fictional country in what would roughly be categorized as the Ukraine during the Cold War, with each book focusing on a different character in the country. While the first book sold the most copies, the subsequent novels have also done well and are well regarded critically. They will undoubtedly be changing the title for the first movie, since no one wants to be reminded of the atrocious Johnny Depp/ Angelina Jolie dud of the same name.īack in 2009, when “The Tourist” came out, George Clooney snapped up the movie rights, with an intention to play Weaver, the lead character, a spy for a clandestine espionage group who, of course, is on the verge of retirement, and brought back in for a mystery that ultimately envelops him. The studio has attached longtime spy fan Doug Liman to direct, with Matt Corman and Chris Ord, co-creators of the Liman-produced TV series “ Covert Affairs,” on board to write the script. Deadline is reporting that Sony Pictures has scooped up the rights to three novels by American thriller writer Olen Steinhauer – New York Times bestseller “ The Tourist” and its sequels, “ Nearest Exit” and “ An American Spy” (the last of which came out this past spring).

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