Los Angeles, March 16 (IANS): “Game of Thrones” star Peter Dinklage and “Transformers: Age of Extinction” actress Nicola Peltz are in negotiations to join actors Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike in “Deep Blue Goodbye”, adaptation of John D. MacDonald's mystery-adventure books.
James Mangold will be directing the film, which was earlier titled “Travis McGee”. McGee is the protagonist of the film, and he's a free-wheeling bachelor living on a house boat, acting as a self-proclaimed "salvage consultant”, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
The story of the film sees McGee, now reimagined as an Afghan war vet, on the trail of stolen sapphires, which leads to a sadistic torturer.
Dinklage will play a mathematician who made a fortune thanks to an app and ends up as McGee's sidekick.
Meanwhile, Peltz will essay a woman who acts older than she is, knows more about the sapphires than she lets on, hires McGee to find them and ends up on the wrong side of the torturer.
“Deep Blue Goodbye” is expected to go on floors in May in Puerto Rico and Florida.