Justin Lin has made his Hollywood name with Fast & Furious movies. While he’s been attached to or flirted with various other films, since 2006 he’s stuck with the car franchise, with his fourth, Fast & Furious 6, due this summer. However now he’s planning something new, as Deadline reports he’s attached to helm an adaptation of Patrick Lee’s latest novel (which follows The Breach, Ghost Country and Deep Sky).
It doesn’t appear the book even has a title yet, but it will be published next winter. Despite this, the idea behind it was enough to set off a bidding battle between several studios over the rights, with Warner Bros winning out and Lin quickly coming onboard to direct.
The book is about ex-special operative Sam Dryden, who runs into a mysterious young girl who is not quite what she seems, and he embarks on a journey to keep her safe from a powerful government agent intent on hunting her down. The book is the planned as the start of a series featuring Dryden, with Warner picking up the rights for future instalments too, in the hope this can be a major franchise.
There’s no news on when this film might fo into production.
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