“Naooww jus hollld on thur Muster Photther.” Steven Spielberg has passed over Matt Helm, his take on the Jason Bourne phenomenon, in favor of directing a 60 year old play about a man who befriends an invisible rabbit, “Harvey” (no relation to Donnie Darko). The play won the Pulitzer prize and went on to become a movie starring Jimmy Stewart. This is the very first screenplay for Jonathan Tropper, who spends the majority of his time writing novels. He does have quite a few of his adapted projects in development though, including last year’s Black List entry, After Haily, about a war photographer who loses the love of his life. The script is pretty good if a little depressing. To learn more about the deal, head over to Variety. If you have Harvey, please send it to Carsonreeves1@gmail.com. I know Spielberg keeps things close to the chest, but I’d like to read this one.
