Paul Greengrass Eyes George Orwell’s ‘1984’; ‘Finding Neverland’s James Graham To Write Script
EXCLUSIVE: At a time when surveillance cameras and drones make the Big Brother concept more plausible than ever, Sony Pictures is setting up a new version of George Orwell’s dystopian classic novel 1984. Paul Greengrass is attached to direct, and Scott Rudin is producing with Gina Rosenblum. They’ve set as their writer James Graham, who wrote the book for the Broadway-bound musical Finding Neverland...
Orwell’s cautionary tale most recently was turned into a film by writer-director Michael Radford. Released in 1984, it starred John Hurt as the man who rewrites history as a job and attempts to rebel by falling in love with a woman, a dangerous endeavor in a repressive society.
http://deadline.com/2014/11/1984-paul-greengrass-george-orwell-scott-rudin-1201289630/
EXCLUSIVE: At a time when surveillance cameras and drones make the Big Brother concept more plausible than ever, Sony Pictures is setting up a new version of George Orwell’s dystopian classic novel 1984. Paul Greengrass is attached to direct, and Scott Rudin is producing with Gina Rosenblum. They’ve set as their writer James Graham, who wrote the book for the Broadway-bound musical Finding Neverland...
Orwell’s cautionary tale most recently was turned into a film by writer-director Michael Radford. Released in 1984, it starred John Hurt as the man who rewrites history as a job and attempts to rebel by falling in love with a woman, a dangerous endeavor in a repressive society.
http://deadline.com/2014/11/1984-paul-greengrass-george-orwell-scott-rudin-1201289630/