Paramount Pictures has acquired "
Dubai," a geopolitical drama spec script by tyro scribe Adam Cozad. Lorenzo di Bonaventura will produce, and Eric Bana will be executive producer.
Story centers on a young economist who is set up by Iranian operatives in
Dubai. They use him in a plot to instigate the collapse of the U.S. economy; he's forced to go on the run to prove his innocence.