Sandra Bullock to star in romantic action movie The Lost City of D with former The Proposal love interest Ryan Reynolds eyed to costar
Sandra Bullock is set to star in a new romantic action movie titled The Lost City of D.
The 56-year-old actress is also producing the film, from Paramount Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter reported on Monday.
The film follows a romance author who discovers that a fictional city she featured in one of her novels is actually real.
Coming up: Sandra Bullock will star in and produce Lost City of D, a romantic action movie from Paramount
She sets off on a life-threatening journey to find the city, along with the actor who portrays the lead character in her book.
It is rumored that Ryan Reynolds is being eyed to play the male lead but he hasn’t yet signed on to the project.
Sandra and Ryan previously teamed up for the 2009 hit rom-com The Proposal.
According to THR the movie is ‘an old-fashioned star vehicle as well as a screwball adventure featuring mismatched leads, witty repartee and of course, romance’.
On board to direct are Adam and Aaron Nee (Band of Robbers, The Last Romantic).
The Lost City of D is reportedly being developed as a priority by newly instated motion picture group president Emma Watts.
Reunited? Ryan Reynolds is being eyed to play the male lead in the movie but he’s not yet signed on, THR reports. Sandra and Ryan are seen here in 2009 rom-com The Proposal
Romantic action: The film follows a romance author who discovers that a fictional city she featured in one of her novels is actually real
Dana Fox wrote the script, which is based on an idea and treatment by Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses).
Meanwhile, Bird Box 2 is in development, two years after Sandra starred in the first installment of the hit Netflix horror.
Josh Malerman, the novelist whose work inspired the original movie starring Sandra Bullock, has revealed efforts have begun to create a follow-up to the 2018 thriller.
He told Inverse in July: ‘I can’t say much, but I can say that it is in development. Sometimes it’s weird, all this secrecy, but I’m game.’
According to THR the movie is ‘an old-fashioned star vehicle as well as a screwball adventure featuring mismatched leads, witty repartee and of course, romance’. Sandra seen here in January
At the moment, plot details of the upcoming movie remains unclear. However, hints about the film could come from the synopsis for the sequel novel, Malorie which was released over the summer.
The novel is set 12 years after the events of the original, which would mean that the kids in the movie have now become teenagers.
The synopsis also reveals that the monsters in the original have ‘changed into something even more frightening’.
Despite this, it’s not yet known whether Sandra will commit to starring in the sequel.
Meanwhile, Bird Box 2 is in development, two years after Sandra starred in the first installment of the hit Netflix horror. It is not known if she will be starring in the sequel