Universal has hired the Iron Man screenwriters, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway to pen the screenplay based Robert Ludlum’s Novel, The Sigma Protocol, published in 2001.

Universal also has brought in Strike Entertainment partners Marc Abraham and Eric Newman to produce the film with Paul L. Sandberg.

“The Sigma Protocol” revolves around a young investment banker who discovers a secret organization that has been manipulating the global economy. When the banker tries to expose the scheme, he’s targeted for death.

The writers will adapt “The Sigma Protocol” before they begin writing a remake of Highlander. They also scripted Paramount’s upcoming Convoy.

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Entertainment Weekly has published an article which covers the apparent dispute between Edward Norton and his director Louis Leterrier with Marvel over the length and direction of the movie. Marvel wants a 120 minute action-packed hit, and Norton and Leterrier want a 135 minute thoughtful epic. Marvel won and stories of the dispute leaked.

Here’s Norton’s official statement (in part) :

“Every good movie gets forged through collaboration, and different ideas among people who are all committed and respect the validity of each other’s opinions is the heart of filmmaking.

Regrettably, our healthy process, which is and should be a private matter, was misrepresented publicly as a ‘dispute,’ seized on by people looking for a good story, and has been distorted to such a degree that it risks distracting from the film itself, which Marvel, Universal and I refuse to let happen.

It has always been my firm conviction that films should speak for themselves… our focus has always been to deliver the Hulk that people have been waiting for and keep the worldwide love affair with the big green guy going strong.”

Read the full story here