Ewan McGregor is in talks to star as the lead in New Regency's drama
Stay for director Marc Forster, according to Variety.
McGregor would play a therapist at an Ivy League school who tries to prevent one of his students from committing suicide.
'Stay' is penned by David Benioff and is reported to have 'Sixth Sense'-esque supernatural overtones. The script for 'Stay' cost New Regency $1.8 million, the highest paid in recent memory.