Variety reports that GK Films is developing the historical drama The Essex with writer William Monahan (The Departed).
He has written the script and is in talks to direct the drama. It will focus on Captain David S. Porter and his daring sea battles against the British during the War of 1812.
Porter steered the Essex past British cruisers to reach the Pacific where it devastated the British whaling fleet before engaging in a final battle with a special English squadron.
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William Monahan (The Departed) is assigned by Paramount to adapt John Grisham’s bestselling legal thriller “The Associate” with Shia LaBeouf attached to star..
LaBeouf is set to play a Yale Law School student with a disreputable secret that leaves him in a weak position to be blackmail. He’s manipulated into acquiring a job at a law firm and working on a multibillion-dollar lawsuit.
Monahan gladly takes on the job while he prepares for his directorial debut on his scripted adaptation of the Ken Bruen novel “London Boulevard.” The movie stars Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley. Production starts in June in London.
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