“Casino Royale” director Martin Campbell is in early talks to direct the espionage thriller “Hunter Killer” for Relativity, multiple individuals familiar with the project have told TheWrap.
“Hunter Killer” findsย a renegade Russian military leader pushing the U.S. to the brink of a nuclear confrontation and shattering a decades-old peace agreement between the two former enemies. Cut off from all outside communication, a submarine commander and an elite Navy special forces unit are all that stand between the Russian assault and all-out war.
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Neal Moritz and Toby Jaffe are producing for Original Films, while Ryan Kavanaugh will produce for Relativity, whose Tucker Tooley will executive produce.