It was recently revealed Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks were looking to reteam on an untitled Cold War thriller based on the true story of James Donovan. Matt Charman was writing the screenplay, which would follow the American attorney enlisted by the CIA during the Cold War to surreptitiously negotiate the 1962 release of Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 spy plane pilot who was shot down over Russia two years earlier.
Now scripting duty has turned to a more high profile pair in Joel and Ethan Coen.
The Coens recently scripted Angelina Jolie‘s upcoming film Unbroken and it was recently revealed their next film is likely to be the comedy Hail Caesar, most likely starring George Clooney. [Variety]
