Tommy Lee Jones will adapt, direct, produce and star in a movie based on Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published novel Islands in the Stream.
Morgan Freeman and John Goodman also in discussions to co-star.
The story centers on the various life stages of a reclusive male painter named Thomas Hudson before, during and after World War II after he moves to the Bahamas. Like many Hemingway characters, Hudson, who in the tale has a stint working for the U.S. Navy and also endures a series of family tragedies, leads a complicated emotional life that he hides behind a stony exterior.
If you haven't seen it yet, make an effort to see Jones' first feature directorial effort, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. It's one of my favorite movies of the past few years and features what may be his best and most moving performance.
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