Universal Pictures has hired Jonathan Jakubowicz to write and direct the big-screen adaptation of Robert Ludlum's "The Sigma Protocol" says The Hollywood Reporter.
"Protocol" centers on an American economist who becomes the target of professional assassins. When a U.S. intelligence agent investigating his case finds herself discredited, the two end up on the run and uncover a vast multinational conspiracy manipulating the global economy and world events.
The book was one of the last books written by Ludlum before his death, hitting bookshelves in late 2001.
