Woo helming Clancy's 'Rainbow' for Par
Tale centers on creation of anti-terrorism org
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Story centers on Clark joining with several colleagues to leave the CIA and create an England-based multinational org designed to battle terrorism.
"Rainbow Six" was brought into the studio by Michael Ovitz through his Artists Management Group in 1999; scribes since attached include Michael Shiffer, Bill Wisher, Art Monterastelli, Frank Capello and John Enbom, who was hired in March to script.
Woo most recently helmed the adaptation of Philip K. Dick's short story "Paycheck" at Paramount last year with domestic grosses topping $53 million. Woo, who has a first-look deal at Par through his Lion Rock shingle, is also attached to direct "Spy Hunter" for Universal.
Paramount adapted Clancy's Jack Ryan character in "The Hunt for Red October," "Patriot Games," "Clear and Present Danger" and "The Sum of All Fears" and acquired rights last year to Clancy's "Red Rabbit," also centered on the Ryan character. It's also developing another Clancy thriller, "Without Remorse," based around the John Clark character.
