White Knight

Squarely in the Oscar discussion for Black Mass, writer-director Scott Cooper is making a deal to rewrite and direct White Knight, a film that gives Warner Bros a potential series in the Bourne Identity/James Bond mold. John Lesher and Mark Williams are producing. Cooper will rewrite a script by Bill Dubuque (The Judge) that focuses on a disgraced Secret Service agent. When his relationship with his employer sours, the agent takes a job protecting the family of an arms dealer, putting himself at the center of a global CIA manhunt. WB’s Courtenay Valenti and Jon Gonda are shepherding.