McG to direct 'Dead Spy' for WB

Director to produce film through Wonderland

By DAVE MCNARY

McG

Warner Bros. has acquired rights to ``Dead Spy Running'' for McG to direct. He will produce with Jeanne Allgood through their studio deal at Wonderland Sound and Vision.

The spy novel by British writer Jon Stock will be published next summer by HarperCollins imprint Blue Door as the first under a three-book deal signed in July.

Story centers on the origin of a newly trained spy.

McG is in post-production on ``Terminator: Salvation,'' the fourth installment in the ``Terminator'' franchise. ``Salvation,'' set in post-apocalyptic 2018, is set for release May 22 by Warner Bros.