Denis Villeneuve in talks for a film based on the book “Nuclear War”

Denis Villeneuve

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Legendary Entertainment has acquired the rights to author Annie Jacobsen’s latest non-fiction title as a potential project from director Denis Villeneuve.

She chose the company Nuclear war: scenario, which hit shelves last month and examines the nuclear military establishment. Villeneuve is in talks with Legendary to participate in the project, which could include serving as a producer, writer, director, or a combination of those roles. His longtime producing partner Tanya Lapointe will also participate.

Villeneuve and Legendary are currently developing their third film Sand dunes A series based on the writings of science fiction author Frank Herbert. Sand Dunes: Part Tworeleased in theaters in March from Warner Bros., is currently the highest-grossing film domestically of the year, having surpassed $250 million.

Jacobsen was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her 2015 book, The Pentagon Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, the Top-Secret US Military Research Agency.

Development on Nuclear war Universal’s success followed Oppenheimerwith Christopher Nolan’s film focusing on the making of the atomic bomb, won seven Oscars and exceeded $950 million at the global box office.

Villeneuve said recently Hollywood Reporter He is working on a number of potential projects, including his feature film Cleopatra. The director said he’s not necessarily in a rush to start work on his planned adaptation Christ DunesHerbert’s 1969 follow-up book to Sand dunesThe timing of the project is conditional on getting the right scenario.

“I have four projects on the table right now,” Villeneuve said in the interview published last month. “One of them is a secret project that I can’t talk about right now, but it needs to see the light of day very quickly. So it would be good to do something in between projects, before starting them.” Christ Dunes And Cleopatra. All of these projects are still being written, so we’ll see where they go, but I have no control over that.

Delivery time He was the first to break the news Nuclear war: scenario.