Amazon MGM is jumping in with both feet on Don Winslow adaptations. With Crime 101 already in the works, Deadline reports it has also acquired Collision, based on a short novel in Winslow’s upcoming collection, The Final Score. Jake Gyllenhaal will produce and star in the crime film.
According to the report, Collision “tells the harrowing story of a devoted husband and father with a great life who makes one terrible mistake that sends him to prison, where he must learn how to survive. But that’s only the beginning: When he finally becomes free, he learns why he was protected in prison and is a sent on a mission that will change him forever.”
Add this to an already full slate for Gyllenhaal. Coming up he has Guy Ritchie’s In the Grey, along with his sister Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! He will also return for season two of Apple series Presumed Innocent.
More Winslow adaptations are in the works and you can bet Amazon MGM will be eager to grab the rights to The Final Score, the collection’s title story. Sony Pictures also has Austin Butler starring in an adaptation of Winslow’s City on Fire.
