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Noomi Rapace stars in Unlocked, a new spy thriller from director Michael Apted. A new franchise in the offing? Ryan takes a look...

Are filmmakers having trouble titling their spy thrillers? Think about the names of classic examples of the genre: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. The Ipcress File. Three Days Of The Condor. The Day Of The Jackal. Cool. Evocative. Enticing.

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Now consider the following: Salt. Spectre. The Double. Unlocked. Don’t exactly get the pulse racing, do they?

Still, there’s plenty of tension and paranoia to go around in Unlocked, even if its name slips from the mind as soon as you’ve looked at the poster. Noomi Rapace stars as Alice Racine, a former CIA interrogator who’s reluctant to return to the fold after...

With the Berlin Film Festival arriving we're going to be getting more and more first looks as movies hit the sales market and here we have our latest, a film I don't even remember hearing about. The title is Unlocked and it stars Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) as a CIA interrogator who unwittingly provides information to terrorists and then must race against the clock to stop a biological warfare attack on London. Directed by Michael Apted (Gorillas in the Mist, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) the film co-stars Michael Douglas, Orlando Bloom, John Malkovich and Toni Collette with a screenplay by "Halo: Reach" scribe Peter O'Brien.

After retiring from the CIA in the Coen Brothers' comedy Burn After Reading, the Oscar-nominated John Malkovich is heading back to the agency for a new thriller from director Michael Apted (The World is Not Enough, Chasing Mavericks). From the American film Market, Bloom (the company behind the gestating Elvis & Nixon starring Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey respectively) has just announced that Malkovich, along with Little Miss Sunshine star Toni Collete, has joined the cast of Unlocked, the CIA thriller that already has Noomi Rapace, Michael Douglas & Orlando Bloom attached to star. Read on! The film is already shooting, so it sounds like this film will actually make it to theaters, unlike many on sale at the Afm each year. Peter O'Brien ("Halo: Reach") wrote the script which focuses on a CIA interrogator (Rapace) who unwittingly provides information to terrorists and then must race against the clock to stop a biological warfare attack on London.

Swedish star of Prometheus and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy in the frame for role in London bio-terror drama

Noomi Rapace is in talks to join the spy thriller Unlocked for director Mikael Hafstrom, reports Deadline.

Written by Peter O'Brien, the film's screenplay made the 2008 Black List of the best unfilmed scripts in Hollywood. The plot revolves around a female CIA interrogator who becomes unwillingly involved in a devastating biological attack on London after being tricked into allowing a terrorist to divulge key information to the wrong side.

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Unlocked

Noomi Rapace ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") is set to star in Mikael Hafstrom's independently produced spy thriller "Unlocked". Lorenzo di Bonaventura is attached as a producer.

Peter O'Brien Black List script has Rapace as a female CIA interrogator duped into getting a terrorist to provide key information to the wrong side. It puts her at the center of a plot to launch a biological attack in London. [Source: Deadline]

Trespass Against Us

Brendan Gleeson ("The Guard") and Killian Scott ("'71") will join Michael Fassbender in Adam Smith's "Trespass Against Us".

Fassbender plays an Irish outlaw looking to escape his life of crime. The other two play members of his family. The film also boasts an original score from The Chemical Brothers. [Source: The Film Stage]

The Dark Stranger

Katie Findlay ("The Carrie Diaries") has scored the lead role in Chris Trebilcock's Canadian indie psychological thriller "The Dark Stranger". Enrico Colantoni,...

Prometheus star Noomi Rapace is set to headline Escape Plan director Mikael Hafstrom's Unlocked , Deadline reports. Peter O'Brien's script for the project landed on the 2008 "Black List" of unproduced screenplays in 2008 with the following official logline: A female CIA interrogator is duped into getting a terrorist to provide key information to the wrong side, thrusting her into the middle of a plot to plan a devastating biological attack in London. Rapace starred last year in Dead Man Down . She can be seen coming up in The Drop and Child 44 . Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing Unlocked with plans to develop the feature independently. (Photo Credit: WENN.com)...

Mike McCoy, one of the two Bandito Brothers, is in talks to direct the action thriller "Line of Sight" says Heat Vision.

The story follows an elite commando squad transporting cargo while dealing with a global threat. The film will be shot almost entirely in the first person, giving the viewer a point of view akin to the many Fps games on various consoles like the PS3 and the Xbox 360.

F. Scott Frazier wrote the initial spec script which then was polished by "Halo: Reach" writer Peter O'Brien. Ben Affleck was at one point attached to direct.

McCoy and his partner Scott Waugh helmed the real Seal-team thriller "Act of Valor", one of the big reasons they were hired as they could deliver both polish and realism on a modest budget. Joel Silver and Andrew Rona will produce.

Although Ben Affleck was last year rumored to be eyeing the project, The Hollywood Reporter now brings word that Act of Valor director Mike McCoy is attached to direct Line of Sight for Warner Bros. Silver Pictures' Alex Heineman, who is executive producing, came up with the idea for the film, which centers on an elite commando squad transporting cargo while dealing with a global threat. The movie tells the story from a point-of-view akin to a first-person shooter game. The script was recently worked on by Peter O'Brien, who wrote "Halo: Reach" for Xbox 360. Joel Silver and Andrew Rona are producing.

Actor eyes up directing and starring role in proposed action flick modelled on 'shoot-em-up' video game, reports say

Ben Affleck is in talks to direct and star in action flick Line of Sight, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The project is intriguing because it is reportedly set to be filmed from a point of view similar to a first-person "shoot-em-up" video game.

With a screenplay by Peter O'Brien, who worked on the game Halo: Reach, Line of Sight centres on an elite commando squad which must transport a precious cargo while dealing with a global threat.

While sections of the film adaptation of the game Doom were shot from the first-person perspective, Line of Sight's borrowing from that ouvre would be unusual, particularly if the perspective is maintained throughout the film. The 1947 film noir Lady in the Lake, an adaptation of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe detective novel, attempted to...

Ben Affleck is in talks to star in and direct Warner Bros.' action film "Line of Sight."According to The Hollywood Reporter, Joel Silver and Andrew Rona are producing through Silver Pictures along with Affleck.The film centers on an elite commando squad that must deal with a global threat while transporting cargo.The film will supposedly be told through a point-of-view similar to that of a first-person shooter game much like the "Halo" video game series. That explains Peter O'Brien, who wrote the game "Halo: Reach," having written the most recent draft of the script.F. Scott Frazier wrote the original spec script.This continues Affleck's working relationship with Warners having starred in and directed last year's critical and commercial success "The Town."Affleck begins...

With "Argo" currently on his plate, Ben Affleck is gearing up for what might be his next directorial effort, "Line of Sight."

The Hollywood Reporter has the news that Affleck is circling the project that is being produced by Joel Silver and Andrew Rona. The plan is that he would also star in "Line of Sight," like he did in 2010's "The Town" and the upcoming "Argo." Keeping with the trend of his previous films, "Line of Sight" would be an action thriller, but with a unique conceit.

The script for "Line of Sight" was conceived by Alex Heineman and recently worked on by "Halo: Reach" writer Peter O'Brien, so it shouldn't come as a big surprise that the movie will be influenced by first-person shooter video games.

"Line of Sight" follows an elite commando squad tasked with transporting important cargo while also dealing with what THR describes as "a global threat.

Ben Affleck is in negotiations to star in military thriller Line of Sight. Line of Sight centres on an elite commando squad who have to deliver an important cargo while tackling a potential global disaster. The film will be shot from one commander's perspective, with Halo: Reach writer Peter O'Brien brought in to develop the script, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It will be produced by Joel Silver and Andrew Rona. Affleck is currently directing and starring in (more)...

Ben Affleck is set to star in 'Line of Sight'. The actor is in negotiations to appear in the action movie as well as direct the project, which is being produced by Joel Silver and Andrew Rona. The film - which is being back by studio Warner Bros. - tells the story of an elite commando squad transporting cargo while at the same time dealing with a global threat. The majority of the movie will be filmed from the perspective of one of the commandos, much like a first-person shooter. Peter O'Brien - who...

Ben Affleck just began shooting his "Argo" thriller, and now comes word that he's currently in talks with Warner Bros to direct "Line of Sight" action film that is being produced by Joel Silver. The story centers on an elite commando squad transporting cargo while dealing with a global threat. One of the conceits of the movie is that it tells the tale from a point-of-view akin to a first-person shooter game. The script was recently worked on by Peter O'Brien, the man who wrote the game "Halo: Reach" for Xbox 360.

Ben Affleck is about to shoot Argo, his third directorial effort, which tells the tale of a CIA crew attempting to extricate hostages from Tehran by posing as a film crew. But he's already setting up possible projects to follow Argo, and a new one is Line of Sight. This is a Joel Silver film about "an elite commando squad transporting cargo while dealing with a global threat." And, in a wrinkle that is unusual for Affleck, who has so far demonstrated himself to be a fairly traditional and controlled director, there is an almost experimental video game influence on this project. THR [1] says that one of the ideas in the film, which was conceived by Alex Heineman of Silver Pictures, is that "it tells the tale from a point-of-view akin to a first-person shooter game." Peter O'Brien (Halo: Reach) scripted the current draft; F. Scott Frazier wrote an earlier spec draft for Silver Pictures.

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Ben Affleck is eyeing his fourth directorial effort, but even though he'd once again play the lead, we'd likely see a lot less of him than in 'The Town.'

According to THR, the thriller 'Line of Sight' would be shot from "a point-of-view akin to a first-person shooter game." And the script did just get a polish by one Peter O'Brien, who wrote the game 'Halo: Reach' for Xbox 360.

Is first-person Pov the next new trend? Chunks of 'The Amazing Spider-Man' trailer play out that way and director James Gray recently announced that's how he plans to direct his rogue spy thriller 'The Gray Man,' which would star Brad Pitt.

Like any good (or bad) movie gimmick, it's been done before, of course. Take the curiosity from the 1940s, 'Lady in the Lake,' which Robert Montgomery directed.

The star has signed on to helm and headline the commando action film, which will be shot the same way a first person shooter videogame is played, through the eyes of one character. Ben Affleck will direct Line of Sight after he's completed work on his political thriller Argo. Affleck will direct and star in that film as well, which is based on the true story of the Tehran hostage crisis. Affleck has a great track record with his directorial efforts thus far, producing Academy Award nominated films Gone Baby Gone and The Town. Line of Sight will follow an elite commando squad transporting cargo while dealing with a global threat. The entire film will be shot in a first person perspective, which is similar to that of a first person shooter videogame. Peter O'Brien worked on the film's...

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Ben Affleck is in talks to direct and star in the thriller Line of Sight at Warner Bros. Pictures. The film is being produced by Joel Silver and Andrew Rona. The project would be his follow-up to Argo , a political thriller about the Tehran hostage crisis produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov. That film starts shooting in September. Silver Pictures' Alex Heineman, who is executive producing, came up with the idea for Line of Sight , which centers on an elite commando squad transporting cargo while dealing with a global threat. The movie tells the story from a point-of-view akin to a first-person shooter game. The script was recently worked on by Peter O'Brien, who wrote "Halo: Reach" for Xbox 360.

The writer for Halo: Reach Peter O'Brien takes a similar motif of a squad under pressure to the big screen and The Change-Up screen writer David Dobkins gets $2 million for Arthur & Lancelot, which brings the two legendary heroes to a contemporary setting. Line of Sight follows an elite commando squad unit tasked with protecting precious cargo while also dealing with a threat on a global scale. O'Brien will be working from a spec script by F. Scott Frazie based upon a concept provided by the proposed film's executive producer Alex Heineman. He, Joel Silver, and Andrew Rona will be producing the project on behalf of Silver Pictures. The screenwriter is a hot commodity as of late with this being his fourth recent commission. Also at Warner Brothers, his 2008 script for Unlocked...

Warner Bros. has bought the rights to the spy thriller spec script "Unlocked" by Peter O'Brien.According to Variety, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Georgina Townsley are producing.The story centers on a female CIA interrogator being tricked into getting a terrorist to provide key information to the wrong people, thrusting her into the middle of a plot to plan a biological attack in London. Since writing "Unlocked" in 2007, O'Brien has worked on Microsoft's video game "Halo: Reach" and wrote an adaptation of Robert Ludlum's political thriller "The Chancellor Manuscript" for Paramount, which Marc Forster is attached to direct. Di Bonaventura is currently in production on Paramount's "Transformers 3" and in pre-production for Summit's cop thriller "Man on a Ledge."...

Warner Bros. Pictures have picked up Peter O'Brien's spy thriller spec script "Unlocked" which Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Georgina Townsley will produce reports Variety.

The story centers on a female CIA interrogator being duped into getting a terrorist to provide key information to the wrong side, thrusting her into the middle of a plot to plan a devastating biological attack in London.

O'Brien's script made the 2008 Black List. He also worked on the current top-selling video game "Halo: Reach" and the script for an adaptation of Robert Ludlum's "The Chancellor Manuscript" at Paramount Pictures.