By Last month came the news that just as Dan Lin was starting as new Netflix film chief, filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow (“Zero Dark Thirty,” “The Hurt Locker”) had dropped out of directing an adaptation of David Koepp’s apocalyptic novel “Aurora”.
Her exit happened several months earlier and now Puck News (via Indiewire) is reporting that one of the first films greenlit under Lin’s new regime will be a different apocalyptic project with Bigelow set to direct.
The outlet claims the thriller will deal with the White House’s real-time response efforts to an incoming ballistic missile attack on American soil.
Noah Oppenheim (“Jackie,” “The Maze Runner”) penned the project which is expected to be formally announced at Netflix’s Upfronts presentation next week.
The site adds that Bigelow was “visibly annoyed” over notes from Lin asking for budget and runtime cuts, but reportedly has worked out those issues and is moving forward with the project.
This marks the first film Bigelow has directed since 2017’s “Detroit”. Oppenheim created the conspiracy thriller limited series “Zero Day” for Netflix which stars Robert De Niro, Angela Bassett, and Jesse Plemons.
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