Ross Katz directing adaptation of David Morrell's BROTHERHOOD OF THE ROSE

 

Ross Katz is set to direct an adaptation of David Morrell‘s novel Brotherhood Of The Rose. Katz has produced such films as Marie Antoinette, In The Bedroom and Lost in Translation. Morrell wrote  the first Rambo film, First Blood.  The story is said to be similar to Hanna and tells the story of "two orphans who were raised and trained by the CIA to be deadly assassins, only to find themselves being hunted themselves by the very person that trained them." 

Here is a description of the book from Wikipedia:

It tells the story of Saul and Chris, two orphans who are adopted by a top espionage agent and trained to be assassins. When their adopted father tries to have them killed, their training, determination and loyalty are put to the test. The brothers find out that the conspiracy is even larger than they expected spanning security agencies of different nations, Each of the brotherhood member is 4th in ranking in the respective organizations and have loyal assassins trained from tender age. Chris died during a duel with one of the loyal assassins of another brotherhood member and the story became that of revenge.

Their adopted father Elliot ran into a sort of national safe house for security agents which is where the later part of the book concentrated on. Saul being a Jew later went back to his native land and married his love interest Erica from their training days, who is a Mossad Agent.

The other novels in this loose trilogy are The Fraternity of Stone and The League of Night and Fog.

You may recall that the book was turned into a miniseries by NBC in 1989 which starred Robert Mitchum. The project is being cast now and Gold Circle Films is set to film next year. I am a sucker for intrigue and espionage films so I am interested in seeing this film. What are your thoughts?