Just a few months after the release of his last film, Ridley Scott is already preparing the next one. The thriller Neither confirm nor deny will be written by Dave Collard.
Ridley Scott's next project is taking shape. The director of Alien – Covenant and Gladiator is already working on a new film. His latest, All the Money in the World was released on December 27, 2017. Ridley Scott remains in the historical thriller by directing Neither confirm nor deny. This film will be based on David H's book . Sharp The CIA's Greatest Covert Operation : Inside the Daring Mission to Recover a Nuclear-armed Soviet Sub. The screenwriter hired by Ridley Scott, Dave Collard, was commissioned to write an adaptation of this story for the cinema. Neither confirm nor deny tells the story of one of the great operations of the Cold War. A secret CIA project that was revealed to the public via stolen documents. At the press conference that followed, the CIA responded with the now famous phrase: "We can neither confirm nor deny."
The very beginnings of the project
Project Azorian , or Project Jennifer, as the CIA called it, aimed to recover the wreckage of a Soviet submarine, K-129, which disappeared in the Pacific Ocean in 1968. In the midst of the Cold War, the Americans hoped that this submarine would contain important information that would give them the advantage over the communist enemies. To carry out this very complex and secretive operation, the secret services called on the help of Howard Hughes, a billionaire. The businessman was to retrieve the submarine and deliver it to the CIA. The recovery operation was not a great success. This is the story told by David H. Sharp in his book, a story that will soon be adapted to the cinema. Variety magazine exclusively revealed the name of the screenwriter, David Collard. The film is produced by Scott and Kevin Walsh (Scott Free), Christopher Simon (New Sparta) and Maggie Monteith (Dignity Film Finance). The casting is not expected to be revealed until much later, when the script is finished.
Before discovering Ridley Scott's film, you can familiarize yourself with the Azorian project by reading David H's book. Sharp.
