Michael Brandt and Derek Haas of Wanted and 3:10 to Yuma fame have signed on to adapt Richard Doetsch’s novel The Thirteenth Hour for New Line Cinema.
The novel follows a man accused of murdering his wife who gets to go back in time – in one hour increments over 12 hours – with the chance to stop his wife’s killer.
Brandt and Haas most recently adapted Robert Ludlum thriller The Matarese Circle for MGM and are currently working on scripting a new installment of Beverly Hills Cop at Paramount.
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Variety reports that New Line Cinema has acquired the rights to time-travel novel The Thirteenth Hour by Richard Doetsch.
The book is described as a cross between “Bourne Identity” and “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” telling the tale of a man accused of brutally murdering his wife. He is given a chance to save her by going back in time, in one-hour increments. He puts together clues to figure out who killed her and why.
It is being produced by Michael de Luca. The feature will be one of his first New Line projects since leaving his post as production president eight years ago.
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Michael Brandt and Derek Haas of Wanted and 3:10 to Yuma fame have signed on to adapt Richard Doetsch’s novel The Thirteenth Hour for New Line Cinema.