Noted genre-hopper Michael Winterbottom is getting both dramatic and historical for his next project. Promised Land will take place against the lead-up to the 1948 partition of Palestine and the subsequent creation of the Israeli state.
Across The Universe star Jim Sturgess has been cast as a British officer who must track down Jewish extremists who launched terror attacks against both Arabs and British forces during their campaign for statehood.
It's sure to be a controversial project (anything set in the region tends to be), but we doubt that'll put Winterbottom off. In fact, given that this is the man who made 9 Song****s, it'll only encourage him. Add to that his history with Middle East subjects, including** A Mighty Heart** and **In This World **and you can see why he'd be attracted to it...