Clooneys Next Project

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Variety reports on the latest script deals that have taken place, with George Clooneys 'Section Eight' having bought the rights for 'The Good German':
Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney's Warner Bros.-based Section Eight has pounced on the film rights to the upcoming novel ``The Good German,'' a large-canvas historical romance that will be developed with an eye toward a starring role for Clooney.

The book was penned by Joseph Kanon and will be published by Henry Holt later this year.

Set in post-World War II Berlin, ``German'' is a romantic thriller in which a journalist returns to search for the woman he left behind and finds himself drawn into a murder mystery.

Kanon's first book, ``Los Alamos,'' is currently being developed by New York indie producer Good Machine in conjunction with Renaissance Pictures, with Nicholas Hytner (''The Crucible'') attached to direct.

Section Eight is working on three movies in advance of possible writers' and actors' strikes this summer. Two are Warners titles -- ``Ocean's Eleven,'' directed by Soderbergh and currently in production, and Christopher Nolan's ``Insomnia,'' starring Al Pacino, which is slated to begin in April.

In conjunction with Propaganda Films, Section Eight is also producing the indie ``Welcome to Collinwood,'' which starts production April 9.

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