David Leitch Says He is Awaiting a Script for The Division

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”27488″ img_size=”800×458″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]While David Leitch has recently worked on Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, and Hobbs & Shaw, the director spoke with Collider to give an update on The Division. This big project will bring in Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain; order to Leitch, they are waiting on a script:

“There are a few projects I’m attached to. There’s Undying Love, which is a graphic novel I’ve loved for a long time. Tommy Wirkola has gotten through the first draft, who is a really good friend and I think a really good writer and perfect for it, so we’re working our way through that material. We have The Division, which is an incredible property. Two great actors and producers on it—Jake [Gyllenhaal] and Jessica [Chastain]—we’re awaiting a script on it, and there’s a lot of people involved with that one, creative producers and actors, who have input on the script and then they have schedules, so we’ll see how that’s all going. For things to come together when these attachments happen it’s usually a miracle in a sense. But I think there is a motivation from Netflix and from Jake and Jessica and myself to make it happen. And as the material comes together, is it the movie we all want to make and are excited about? And hopefully, it is. We all loved the pitch and we all loved that world.”

The Division is just the latest video game adaptation to be in the works. The story is one of a near future where a pandemic virus is spread on Black Friday due to paper money. This virus decimates New York City and kills millions. Those who are left will descend into chaos. A group of civilians who are trained for these sort of catastrophic events are activated in an attempt to same those who are left.

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Tia Fabi

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