Robert Schwentke to Direct Red Thriller

THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE director Robert Schwentke is in negotiations to helm Summit Ent's spy thriller RED, starring Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

Based on the Wild Storm/DC Comic, the script was written by Erich and Jon Hoeber. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian are producing.

The story follows a former black-ops agent forced out of retirement when an assassin threatens him and his girlfriend.