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14Nov2008

Eastwood to Head to the 'Hereafter' for Spielberg

DateFriday, November 14, 2008 at 10:25PM
Now this is something I can get behind. Clint Eastwood is in talks to direct a supernatural thriller called Hereafter, written by Peter Morgan (The Queen, The Last King of Scotland, Frost/Nixon).

Variety says details of the plot are all very hush-hush, though it is believed we're in Sixth Sense territory on this one. It will mark another bold directorial move for Eastwood, who could be 80 years old when the movie gets made because of his other projects. The director-actor-composer is in the Oscar field for two films this year, with Changeling currently in theaters and Gran Torino opening in December.

And at this point, I'd watch anything with Peter Morgan's name on it. Those three scripts are all tremendous, and while they don't at all predict the genre-rific name tag of "supernatural thriller," I don't expect it to be awful, especially since it was a project Steven Spielberg desperately wanted to rip away from Paramount in the recent DreamWorks divorce specifically so he could get Eastwood to direct it.

I'd love to know a little bit about the story so we could try to make some guesses about casting, but with this kind of talent behind the camera, it should be no trouble finding big names in front of it.

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