When news of the movie Umbra first surfaced in 2009, Roger Donaldson (The Bank Job) was set direct, before Joe Carnahan took over the reins in 2012. Now it’s all change again according to Deadline, with Endgame Entertainment moving forward by hiring Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, Green Lantern) to direct and Paul Haggis (Crash) to rewrite the film’s script (which was originally by Steven Karczynski).
Carnahan only recently dropped out of the project, but it is said that his departure was amicable. The film is about a businessman who gets caught up in a conspiracy when a strange package arrives at his home. Soon he’s in over his head as a government cover-up swirls around him.
Film is scheduled to begin this spring.
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