Martin Campbell Will Direct Nagasaki Deadline

Alcon Entertainment has set Martin Campbell to direct Nagasaki Deadline, an action thriller with Lightstorm Entertainment and 8:38 Prods.

According to Variety, Alcon execs Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson will produce with 8:38's Kira Davis (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) and Lightstorm's James Cameron, Rae Sanchini and Jon Landau.

David and Peter Griffiths (The Hunted), who penned the original screenplay, will exec produce. William Broyles Jr. (Cast Away) is currently working on a rewrite of the story, centered on an emotionally damaged FBI agent who must decipher historic events in a desperate race to avert a terrorist plot.

Alcon is fast-tracking the project with a goal of putting it into production next year.