Red Sparrow Could Be Darren Aronofsky's Next Film

It's impossible to get a gage of what Darren Aronofsky will do next. He's had this back-and-forth flirtation with big studio blockbusters over the years. Thankfully Black Swan did big business, allowing him that "Blank Check" follow-up in Noah that could ("Could" being the key word here; won't have a better grasp until we see footage) prove to be a blockbuster success without a great filmmaker Aronofsky having to slum it, i.e. "One for them, one for me."

While the jury is out on his Biblical epic, he's getting ready to scratch that itch again. What will he do next? He's in early discussions (This is Aronofsky, kids, so don't get too attached to this until filming starts) to direct Red Sparrow, based on the Jason Matthew espionage novel. Here's the plot synopsis of the book courtesy of Amazon:

"In present-day Russia, ruled by blue-eyed, unblinking President Vladimir Putin, Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the post-Soviet intelligence jungle. Ordered against her will to become a 'Sparrow,' a trained seductress, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a young CIA officer who handles the Agency’s most important Russian mole.

As the action careens between Russia, Finland, Greece, Italy, and the United States, Dominika and Nate soon collide in a duel of wills, tradecraft, and--inevitably--forbidden passion that threatens not just their lives but those of others as well. As secret allegiances are made and broken, Dominika and Nate's game reaches a deadly crossroads. Soon one of them begins a dangerous double existence in a life-and-death operation that consumes intelligence agencies from Moscow to Washington, DC."

Source: "TOLDJA"