Doug Liman ("Edge of Tomorrow," "The Bourne Identity") is in negotiations to direct a film adaptation of British author Philip Reeve's upcoming children's book Railhead at Warner Bros. Pictures.
The novel is set in a futuristic world where trains run through space via portals. A petty thief is hired to steal an object that happens to be more important than he was led to believe, setting off a potentially galaxy-changing adventure.
Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan will produce. Reeve is best known for book series like the Larklight trilogy, the Mortal Engines Quartet and the Fever Crumb series.
Source: Heat Vision