’20th Century Fox has set Scott Frank to rewrite The Force, the adaptation of the bestselling NYPD corrupt cop thriller novel by Don Winslow.
The most recent draft of The Force was done by David Mamet.
Turning the novel into a film has been high priority for Fox since it acquired the book for seven-figures in fall of 2016, before it even had a title. The Force was one of the most acclaimed novels of 2017 for HarperCollins’ imprint William Morrow and it is about to be published in paperback.
Steve Asbell has been overseeing for Fox.’
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