Gore Verbinski Will Direct Sebastian Stan in an Action Thriller Called BEAT THE REAPER

Gore Verbinski (The Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean) has signed on to direct a feature film adaptation of a novel by Josh Bazell called Beat the Reaper. Sebastian Stan, from the Captain America films, is set to star in the film.

The project is an action thriller about a young ER doctor whose life is thrown into a tailspin when a patient comes through his ward that recognizes the internist from his old life working with a notorious crime family. Here's a full description of the story: 

Dr. Peter Brown is an intern at Manhattan's worst hospital, with a talent for medicine, a shift from hell, and a past he'd prefer to keep hidden. Whether it's a blocked circumflex artery or a plan to land a massive malpractice suit, he knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men.

Pietro "Bearclaw" Brnwna is a hitman for the mob, with a genius for violence, a well-earned fear of sharks, and an overly close relationship with the Federal Witness Relocation Program. More likely to leave a trail of dead gangsters than a molecule of evidence, he's the last person you want to see in your hospital room.

Nicholas LoBrutto, aka Eddy Squillante, is Dr. Brown's new patient, with three months to live and a very strange idea: that Peter Brown and Pietro Brnwa might-just might-be the same person ...

Now, with the mob, the government, and death itself descending on the hospital, Peter has to buy time and do whatever it takes to keep his patients, himself, and his last shot at redemption alive. To get through the next eight hours-and somehow beat the reaper. 

That sounds like it could end up being a great John Wick-style action thriller. The movie is being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and his Appian Way production company along with New Regency who originally acquired the rights to the book, which was published in 2009. 

Back in 2011, Leonardo DiCaprio was going to star in the film and at the time it was set to be produced by HBO. I think Verbinski and Stan will make a great team on this project and I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out. 

What do you think about Verbinski and Stan teaming up to make this movie?

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