According to THR’s Risky Business blog, the duo have been hired to write an original action-thriller based on a concept by producers Michael Lieber (FLASH OF GENIUS, JOE GOULD’S SECRET) and Walter Parkes (MEN IN BLACK III, DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS). Here’s Risky Business with the deets:
The story takes place among the nomadic Taureg tribes of West Africa, an area rich with uranium that has become a focal point for both energy companies and terrorist states. An American anthropologist is thrust Into this geopolitical mess when he must travel back to the Sahara to help a former research subject who has been accused of a terrorist attack.
Producer Walter Parkes adds: “At its heart, this is an action movie set within a world that is morally complex, alluring and completely real — which is why Robert and Neal, whose work spans James Bond to John Le Carre, are uniquely suited to bring a project like this to life.”