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Winkler To Adapt "Sigma Protocol"
13 January 2012 5:39 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Scribes Irwin Winkler ("Rocky," "Goodfellas") and Jose Ruisanchez have been hired to pen the long gestating international thriller "The Sigma Protocol" for Universal Pictures says Deadline.
Based on the final completed novel of the late "Bourne Identity" author Robert Ludlum, the 2001 thriller follows the son of a Holocaust survivor who gets entangled in an international conspiracy by industrialists and financiers to take advantage of wartime technology that reverses aging.
"Iron Man" co-writers Matt Holloway and Art Marcum penned a previous version which updated the novel so the lead guy was a Wall Street type who specializes in the economy of catastrophic events. Winkler and Ruisanchez are ditching that in favour of a return to the details of the book.
Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day") and Jose Padilha ("Elite Squad") were previously set to helm, at present however no-one is yet attached in that capacity. Winkler, Jeffrey Weiner and Ben Smith will produce. »
- Garth Franklin
Irwin Winkler Set to Adapt The Sigma Protocol
12 January 2012 4:23 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Universal Pictures has tapped Irwin Winkler and Jose Ruisanchez to adapt the Robert Ludlum novel The Sigma Protocol.
The story centers on a man who gets plunged into a vast conspiracy when he sees an old friend murder six people, while on vacation in Switzerland. The man teams up with a female federal agent to try and offset the threat on his life. Here's what Irwin Winkler had to say about The Sigma Protocol, and how it differs from the Jason Bourne series, which was also created by Robert Ludlum.
"What we are really hoping to do is create a franchise, built around this ordinary guy who gets caught up in international intrigue, and who teams with this operative who is declared a rogue by the CIA. Unlike Bourne, who is a trained assassin, this is an innocent guy traveling in Europe who gets in way over his head. And »
- MovieWeb
Buzzfeed Raises $15M to Bolster Growing Editorial Vision
9 January 2012 5:50 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
BuzzFeed’s new editor has $15 million to play with. The social-driven website known for viral videos and memes surprised many in December when it announced Ben Smith, one of Politico’s star reporters and bloggers, was coming aboard as its editor-in-chief. It continued to up the ante on Monday, announcing a $15.5 million investment round from the likes of Lerer Ventures, Hearst Interactive Media, Rre Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and Softbank. Ken Lerer, the founder of Lerer Ventures and a major player in the founding of the Huffington Post along with BuzzFeed co-founder Jonah »
- Lucas Shaw
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