Ridley Scott to Direct 'Bomb' for 20th Century Studios

The film, based on Kevin McMullin's short story, centers around a hostage negotiator drawn into an overnight struggle with a bomber on the eve of his wedding.

• 20th Century Studios has won the rights to the film adaptation of Kevin McMullin’s short story 'Bomb', outbidding nine other major studios and streamers.
• The film will be directed by Ridley Scott, who will also produce the movie through his Scott Free banner.
• The story revolves around a hostage negotiator, Frankie Ippolito, who is called into duty the night before his wedding to negotiate with a man standing on an unexploded WWII bomb in a construction site in Piccadilly Circus, London.
• The man insists on speaking only with Frankie, setting off a chain of events that reveal a past connection between the two.
• The film deal was reportedly closed at 'low seven figures' and is seen as having franchise potential.

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