In November 2014, it was revealed that director Paul Greengrass is working on the latest adaptation of George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Greengrass is not the only one working on a new version of 1984 (which was previously adapted for the cinema in 1954 and again in 1984), with a play based on it set to launch on Broadway this summer.
Writer James Graham (A Brilliant Young Mind) has just started working on a rewrite of the new film with Bourne director Greengrass, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and it could be ready for release by 2019 (not that long before the next presidential election).
“I feel incredibly fortunate that this book has found renewed interest and has become a phenomenon again for a new generation of readers,” Gina Rosenblum, who owns the film and TV rights to Nineteen Eighty-Four, told the trade mag.