The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class, Kingsman: The Secret Service) is set to direct the espionage thriller I Am Pilgrim, an adaptation of screenwriter Terry Hayes’ (Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Dead Calm) bestselling debut novel of the same name.
I am Pilgrim “follows ‘Pilgrim’, code name for a man who doesn’t exist. The adopted son of a wealthy American family, he once headed up a secret espionage unit for U.S. intelligence. Now in anonymous retirement, he is called upon to lend his expertise to an unusual investigation but ultimately becomes caught in a terrifying race against time to save America from a cunning terrorist.”
“We could not be more excited to have a consummate filmmaker like Matthew to bring I Am Pilgrim to the screen,” MGM motion picture group president Jonathan Glickman said. “His sensibility, coupled with Terry Hayes’ incredible story, gives us the ideal team to bring this character to the world wide audience.”
Vaughn also has a sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service on his slate, and at this point it’s unclear whether that or I Am Pilgrim will be his next project.
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Originally published September 30, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
