Denis Villeneuve will take on the film adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Jacobsen's book Nuclear War: A Screenplay". The project has not yet been confirmed, Villeneuve is in talks with the person in charge, but it is expected that he will produce and direct, UNN reports with reference to Variety and Rolling Stone.
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After the great success of Dune: Part Two, director Denis Villeneuve is preparing his next project. Negotiations are reported to be underway for a film adaptation of Annie Jacobsen's Pulitzer Prize-nominated book Nuclear War: A Screenplay. Jacobsen's nonfiction book explores the possibility of nuclear war through interviews with military experts and civilians who have created nuclear weapons. It is now known that the rights to the feature film have been acquired. Villeneuve continues negotiations and is preparing to produce and direct the film.
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