Michael Keaton is set to both star in and direct the Gregory Poirier-penned noir thriller “Knox Goes Away”. Michael Sugar and Ashley Zalta will produce and shooting will begin in late August in Los Angeles.
The story follows a contract killer diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia who hopes to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. To do so he must race against the clock of both the cops and his own rapidly deteriorating mind.
That’s not the only directing hire today as “Taken” director Pierre Morel has been set to helm the Kate Beckinsale-led spy thriller “Canary Black” for Anton. Sebastien Raybaud, John Zois, Renee Tab and Christopher Tuffin produce and filming will begin later this year.
Beckinsale plays Avery Graves, a top CIA agent blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her country to save her kidnapped husband, and finds herself turning to underworld contacts to survive.
Finally comes word Ami Canaan Mann (“Texas Killing Fields”) has been slated to direct the biopic “Audrey’s Children” for Amasia Entertainment and Resonate Entertainment.
The story follows Dr. Audrey Evans, the revolutionary pediatric oncologist best known as the co-founder of Ronald McDonald House Charities. She discovered groundbreaking treatment methods for pediatric cancer and put her own career on the line to save children’s lives.
Sources: The Wrap, Screen Daily, Deadline
