Snow White and the Hunstman director Rupert Sanders has lined up his next film project called The Juliet, which is set up at Sony Pictures and New Regency. Sanders has a cool visual style, but he's not a very good storyteller.
The movie is based on the classic 1954 short story by Alfred Bester, "Fondly Fahrenheit", which is a sci-fi love story set in a near futuristic landscape. In a previous interview producer Frank Beddor had this to say about the story,
It’s lovers on the run in space, so think Bonnie and Clyde in space, but with a very unique Bonnie who has a secret. The tone of it is close to the Bourne Identity franchise.
This is a solid story that has the potential to be a really good movie! The screenplay was written by Henry Bean and production is scheduled to begin sometime in 2013. Hopefully Sanders does a better job with this than he did with The Huntsman. Have you ever read this story and do you think it will make for a good movie?
Here's the description of the book:
The central element of the plot is that a rich playboy, James Vandaleur, and his expensive "multiple aptitude android" have become two aspects of a single insane murderous personality. Vandaleur's father is dead, having lost the family fortune, and Vandaleur only has the android which, if it works correctly, can bring in more than enough income to support him in the manner to which he had become accustomed.