Jude Law is in negotiations to co-star with Blake Lively in the spy thriller The Rhythm Section from director Reed Morano, and James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.
The movie is a contemporary adaptation of the first of Burnell’s Stephanie Patrick British series of four novels. Lively will play the titular heroine, who’s on a path to self-destruction after the death of her family in an airplane crash — a flight that she was meant to be on. After discovering that the crash wasn’t an accident, her anger awakens a new sense of purpose as she becomes an assassin to track down those responsible. Other novels in Burnell’s popular series include Gemini, The Third Woman, and Chameleon.
The film will begin production this fall and will likely shoot in the U.S., the U.K., Ireland, Spain, and Switzerland.
