After news emerged earlier in the year that Darren Aronofsky had dropped out of the adaptation of Jason Matthews’ novel RED SPARROW, it seemed the project had come to a standstill. However, reports have surfaced that 20th Century Fox are looking to reteam David Fincher and Rooney Mara, considering the success of their collaboration for THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO.
AMERICAN HUSTLE writer Eric Warren Singer has already been assigned to pen the script, with Fox looking to move forward with their plans soon. This news may come as a surprise/relief to Fincher/Mara fans as nothing has been said as to whether the director will go ahead with the two sequels to TGWTDT.
In the meantime have a read of the RED SPARROW synopsis. Who do you see starring as CIA agent Nate?
In present-day Russia, ruled by blue-eyed, unblinking President Vladimir Putin, Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the post-Soviet intelligence jungle. Ordered against her will to become a ‘Sparrow’, a trained seductress, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a young CIA officer who handles the Agency’s most important Russian mole.
As the action careens between Russia, Finland, Greece, Italy, and the United States, Dominika and Nate soon collide in a duel of wills, tradecraft, and – inevitably – forbidden passion that threatens not just their lives but those of others as well. As secret allegiances are made and broken, Dominika and Nate’s game reaches a deadly crossroads. Soon one of them begins a dangerous double existence in a life-and-death operation that consumes intelligence agencies from Moscow to Washington, DC.
With similar themes seen in TGWTDT, if the pair sign up to the project this could definitely work.
Source: Deadline
