Ben Stiller and Oscar Isaac are teaming up to tell a sci-fi tale. Stiller will direct Isaac in the Lionsgate film London, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The film is an adaptation of a short story by The Snowman author Jo Nesbo, and will be written for the screen by Eric Roth, who won an Oscar for Forrest Gump as was nominated for A Star Is Born.
No plot details were given on the mysterious short story.
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Stiller, known for directing features such as Tropic Thunder and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, earned a directing Emmy nomination in 2019 for the Showtime limited series Escape at Dannemora. Isaac is a sci-fi movie regular and is coming off of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and has already completed work on the upcoming Dune.
Stiller and Isaac are repped by WME. Roth is repped by CAA.
