Dead Spy Running

Director: McG
Release Date: 2010
Studio: Warner Bros.
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Synopsis: Tells the origin story of newly trained spy in a tone that mixes "The Bourne Identity" with the works of John Le Carre.



Stephen Gaghan To Write 'Dead Spy Running'

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Stephen Gaghan has been tapped to pen the adaptation of "Dead Spy Running," an espionage novel to which McG is attached to direct for Warner Bros. Based on a book by British author Jon Stock, the film is meant to be the first in a trilogy and aims to reinvent the spy genre by telling the origin story of a newly trained spy in a tone that mixes the grittiness of "The Bourne Identity" with the wittiness of John Le Carre's oeuvre. Read more...

Warner Bros. To Adapt 'Dead Spy Running'

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Warner Bros. has acquired "Dead Spy Running," an upcoming spy novel by British author Jon Stock for McG to direct that would serve as a launch of a franchise character. Read more...