Joe Wright directed two films in 2021: The Woman in the Window starring Amy Adams and Cyrano with Peter Dinklage. Since then he’s completed the thriller series M: The Son of a Century, but now he’s found what his next project on the big screen will be.
According to Deadline, Wright has snagged one of the most coveted gigs making the rounds. He’ll direct the AI thriller, Alignment, from a script by Natan Dotan. Joker writer Scott Silver is aboard as an exec-producer.
The story reportedly “follows a cutting-edge tech company whose latest AI model begins manipulating global markets and stoking international conflict. A principled board member and an out of his depth software engineer must race to convince their profit-obsessed colleagues to shut down their creation before it triggers a globally catastrophic event.”
Fifth Season acquired the script in an anticipated bidding war last year, and will fast track production now that Wright is in place. He beat out six other directors in a hot contest that saw him win over producers.
Wright recently directed the opening two episodes of the Paramount+ thriller, The Agency, and serves as exec-producer. He is best known for his films Atonement, Anna Karenina, Pride & Prejudice, and Darkest Hour.
