Bryan Singer has swapped the world of the X-Men for Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, but he's keeping his eye on other high concept ideas for potential future films. He's now attached to produce and could end up directing an adaptation of new thriller novel The Anomaly.
Written by Michael Marshall (under the pen name Michael Rutger), the tome follows the adventures of Nolan Moore, a rogue amateur archaeologist who dabbles in investigating mysteries. He stumbles on something in the Grand Canyon that could upend everything we know about human history and put an end to our future at the same time.
The Gotham Group snapped up the rights to make a movie from the book, which won't be out until next July. "We’ve been looking for something that combines the adventure of Indiana Jones with the mystery of Lost and the scares of Alien and we think The Anomaly has that winning combination," says The Gotham Group's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein. The next step will be to find a writer to crack the adaptation before Singer considers stepping behind the camera as anything more than a producer.
Bohemian Rhapsody, meanwhile, will be out in the UK on 28 December next year.
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