While we’ve been waiting the last few years to see what Cary Fukunaga would follow Jane Eyre with, we finally got confirmation this week as Idris Elba jumped aboard Beasts of No Nation, securing it as his next picture. But it looks like the Sin Nombre helmer is still kicking around a few more potential projects, as news of another one has come our way.
According to Deadline, DreamWorks has just set him to helm Noble Assassin, based on an upcoming book by Paul Kix. The project tells the true story of Robert de la Rochefoucauld, who actually passed away just last year. A French Resistance WWII hero, he helped sabotage a wealth of Nazi operations, and even endured torture before dodging his own execution. It sounds like a fascinating story, so hopefully Fukunaga won’t just put this one on the backburner.
In other directing news, Jean-Marc Vallée is ready to unveil his Matthew McConaughey-led Dallas Buyers Club at Toronto International Film Festival early next month, but he’s already found his next project. Deadline also reports he’s been attached to the Fox Searchlight-produced project Wild, which is set to star Reese Witherspoon. Scripted by Nick Hornby, it’s based on Cheryl Strayed‘s popular memoirs, tracking her hike across the Pacific Crest Trail — a 2,663-mile journey from the Mojave Desert to the Washington-Canada border — after both her mother passed and own marriage ended poorly.
Are you looking forward to both projects?