Deadline reports 20th Century Studios has successfully obtained the rights to the film adaptation of Kevin McMullin’s short story Bomb. Director Ridley Scott has officially signed on to helm the project from a screenplay written by McMullin. Bomb is being described as a film similar to the likes of 90’s action film Speed, centering around a hostage negotiator who gets called into duty the night before his wedding.
“Frankie Ippolito is a hostage negotiator called into duty the night before his wedding in London,” reads the synopsis. “A man who has parked himself in a construction site in Piccadilly Circus is standing on a newly uncovered, unexploded bomb from WWII. He tells local law enforcement he will only speak with Frankie and this sets off a chain of events, where Frankie is drawn into an overnight struggle to stop the bomber with whom he has a past.”
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