After breaking out in the sci-fi genre five years ago with both the Oscar-nominated Ex Machina and the blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Oscar Isaac is ready to return to the genre in an upcoming adaptation of the short story London, with Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder) attached to direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
London would mark a reunion of sorts between Isaac and Roth, with the Oscar winner penning the script for the upcoming sci-fi blockbuster remake of Dune, on which the Star Wars alum is one of a large ensemble roster.
Stiller made his feature directorial debut in the 1994 indie romantic dramedy Reality Bites and has since taken on increasingly larger productions behind the camera including the Zoolander films, Tropic Thunder and the 2013 remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
The script for the film is set to be penned by Eric Roth, who has been nominated for five Oscars for Forrest Gump, on which he won, The Insider, Munich, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born.