5/10/2023 0 Comments The matarese![]() ![]() ![]() (Relativity no longer is involved in the project.) It was one of just-hired chairman Mary Parent’s first big purchases and is a linchpin of her revived homegrown production slate for 2010 and beyond.Īs such, Ludlum is a good gamble, especially with such international draws as Washington and Cruise toplining, even if a more eccentric filmmaker like Cronenberg is behind the camera. MGM and Relativity Media spent about $4 million for the book and writer package in April, with Washington attached to star. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Nick Wechsler and Jeffrey Weiner and Ben Smith through are producing their newly formed Captivate Entertainment. ![]() ![]() Ludlum drew inspiration from David Rockefeller’s Trilateral Commission in the 1970s, but the screenwriters have updated the time frame from the Cold War to a contemporary setting. The “Matarese” property could benefit Cruise’s acting career as well because it represents a return to the high-tech action milieu that served him well in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise most recently visited in 2006.Īdapted by “Wanted” scribes Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, as well as Cronenberg, from a 1979 Robert Ludlum novel, the “Matarese” story line revolves around the longtime archenemies who are forced into a distrustful collaboration against a wide-reaching political conspiracy orchestrated by a mysterious organization called the Matarese. But committing to “Matarese” keeps Cruise playing home-team ball as he is developing a number of potential producing and starring projects at MGM and UA. ![]()
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