McAdams & Murphy Gets Wes Cravens 'Red Eye'


Rachel McAdams (The Notebook) and Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later) are set to lead the DreamWorks' thriller Red Eye, which Wes Craven is directing, according to Variety.

Concerns a woman (McAdams) who is held captive on an airplane by a stranger (Murphy) who threatens to kill her father unless she helps him arrange the assassination of a wealthy businessman.

Craven said that when he met with McAdams he was struck by her "beauty and intelligence."

As for Murphy, he said, "He wanted the role so much, he said he'd fly in for a meeting, even though he was getting married two days later."

Fittingly, Craven and Murphy met at the Encounter restaurant at LAX. "He got off the plane, we had lunch together, then he got back on a red eye and went home," Craven said The director, who has made a name for himself in the horror genre, said he's excited to be working on a dramatic piece, and to expect more of that from him in the future. "This is the track we want to follow," he said.

Shooting starts Nov. 8 in Los Angeles, with a tentative late spring release date.

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