SYNOPSIS

Scripted by David Guggenheim, the film centers on a house sitter of a CIA-run safe house (Reynolds) who must help a criminal (Washington), who's being hidden there, avoid being killed as they flee to another secure facility when the first house is destroyed by villains who want the witness dead.

PREVIEW NOTES

• Variety reports that Denzel Washington is in talks to star in Universal Pictures' thriller Safe House - the studio has brought in director Daniel Espinoza to work through a quick rewrite with David Guggenheim, who penned the original script. - 2010-07-08
• Deadline reports that Ryan Reynolds is now negotiating to play the lead. - 2010-08-18