Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010 08:39
State of Play director Kevin Macdonald to solve Murder Mystery
By Lewis Bazley.
Academy award winner Kevin Macdonald is attached to direct Tower Hill Entertainment's upcoming thriller Murder Mystery, it has been announced.
The Glasgow-born filmmaker will begin shooting the whodunit later this year in Europe, with Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson producing, according to Variety.
Written by Zodiac scribe James Vanderbilt - who also penned the forthcoming Spider-Man reboot - Murder Mystery tells of an American couple honeymooning in Europe who become "embroiled in international intrigue" after witnessing a murder.
Independent production house Tower Hill acquired the rights to the crime thriller after initial developers put the brakes on the project.
AJ Dix, Tower Hill's president of production, described Murder Mystery as "pure entertainment".
"It's exciting, suspenseful and romantic," he added.
Macdonald's latest feature, historical drama The Eagle of the Ninth, is due for release in the US on September 24th.