Ron Howard was originally slated to direct this project but he and Brian Grazer will now produce it. Keira Knightley, Eric Bana and Richard Gere are also attached to the film, which is presently looking for financing. The hope is that this movie will begin shooting this summer.

Noah Baumbach is adapting this project from Claire Messud’s 2006 best-selling novel. It follows a trio of Brown University graduates who are moving into their 30s. They struggle to deal with the lofty expectations that have been held for their personal and professional lives. The Emperor’s Children was set in New York in the months that led up to and following 9/11. 

So excited! Eric now has two interesting projects ahead of him!

Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan (of Focus’ Atonement, also directed by Wright), Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett (soon to be seen in Robin Hood), and Eric Bana (Star Trek) star in Hanna. Joining the cast is Niels Arestrup, who last month won the César Award (France’s Academy Award equivalent) for Best Supporting Actor for A Prophet.

Hanna (to be played by Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a solider; these come from being raised by her father (Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Sweden. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Blanchett). As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.

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With these actors involved the movie is destined to be a great one, don’t you think?

Story centers on a 14-year-old girl who has spent her life living in the woods and is trained by her father to be an assassin. She then leaves the wilderness for the first time to assassinate a high-ranking government official who has a lot to hide. Seth Lochhead penned the script with Joe Wright (Atonement) directing the movie. Hanna begins filming in Germany in March.

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