Two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington is set to star in an untitled feature thriller at Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists, headed by Scott Stuber. Christopher McQuarrie is attached to direct from a screenplay written by Scott Barkan and Gregg Zehentner.
According to the official logline, the film centers on a former police detective serving a life sentence who is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Granted compassionate release with six months to live, he returns home to the estranged daughter he left behind and a grandson he never knew existed. He only wants to make amends and forget his dark past, but his dark past has not forgotten him.
In addition to directing, McQuarrie will produce the project alongside Heather McQuarrie, Katia Washington, Tommy Harper, and Joseph Restaino (producing for Hungry Bull Productions). Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt are producing on behalf of United Artists, while Reza Moheet and Norman Aladjem represent Mainstay Entertainment as producers. Executive producers for the film include Hungry Bull’s Tony Stopperan alongside Mainstay’s Tim Honigman and Joe Guest.
The film is slated for a theatrical release on October 1, 2027.
—Dominique Young // @heyyydommm