
The unlikely duo of
Robert De Niro and
Shia LaBeouf will be teaming up on a good old fashioned spy movie titled
Spy's Kid.
A
Catch Me If You Can-esque story is based on a dramatic six-part series of articles published in
The Oregonian by
Bryan Denson with no writer currently attached.
LaBeouf's
Disturbia helmer
D.J. Caruso is in talks to direct the true story of a high ranking CIA veteran John Nicholson (De Niro) convicted of spying who enlisted his son, 24-year-old college student Nathan Nicholson (LaBeouf) to continue his work from behind bars with the Russians.
In 1997, the 59-year-old native Oregonian, whose talent and elan earned him the nickname ‘Batman' pled guilty, earning himself a 23-year prison stretch for selling U.S. secrets to the Russians, while his son got five years of probation in 2011, after making a deal agreeing to testify against his father.
LaBeouf and Caruso also circled an adaptation of
Y: The Last Man.
LaBeouf who rose to fame starring in
Transformers is currently on screens starring opposite
Robert Redford in
The Company You Keep while De Niro is now shooting
David O. Russell's latest movie, a so-far untitled Abscam thriller, after wrapping up
Peter Segal's boxing comedy
Grudge Match.
Stay tuned.
