I'd say that Plum Pictures are one of the regular indie film production companies to tap into well of literary properties and THR reports that the NY-based co. will work on an adaptation of Harlan Coben's 2005 novel.
Helen Mirren is on on board to play a Mossad agent (think CIA) in John Madden's English language remake of Assaf Bernstein's 2007 Israeli film "HaHov".
I've been hitting the pavement with this one ever since I caught it had its world premiere back in May (you can read my impressions here) -- simply put, Steve McQueen's Hunger will leave no one indifferent.
...the picture was selected unanimously because Matteo Garrone's Cannes Grand Prix winner is more accessible with its exploratory organized crime narrative over what was most likely the frontrunner in Paolo Sorrentino's Cannes Jury Prize winner Il Divo.
Thierry Fremaux, Alain Terzian, Jeanne Moreau, and filmmakers Jean-Jacques Annaud, Costa-Gavras and Regis Wargnier selected Laurent Cantet's schoolyard/classroom drama to rep La France.