Paul Greengrass, the director of politically-charged films like The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93, and Green Zone has set his sights on the mmack daddy of them all: George Orwell’s seminal dystopian novel 1984.
According to Deadline, Greengrass is attached to direct the film, which is taking shape at Sony from producers Scott Rudin and Gina Rosenbaum. The script will be written by James Graham.
There’s no word on when Greengrass will get around to 1984; he’s got a full slate of projects at any given time, and will next be teaming back up with Matt Damon for Bourne 5.
Originally published November 20, 2014. Updated April 13, 2018.
