Denzel Washington, Christopher McQuarrie Team for Original Thriller at Amazon MGM, United Artists

Amazon and UA have greenlit the untitled Denzel Washington feature and set a release for late 2027. Amazon and UA have greenlit the untitled feature and set a release for late 2027. Denzel Washington was to have starred in an ambitious Netflix movie centered on rebellious general Hannibal until its high cost squashed it. And after a long, long collaborative stint with Tom Cruise on the Mission: Impossible movies, Christopher McQuarrie is taking a break from the actor and focusing on new projects. With both of their schedules open, the actor and filmmaker have found each other for a crime thriller set up at Amazon MGM Studios and Scott Stuber’s United Artists.

Washington will star in the feature, currently untitled but which was once referred to as The Frame, with McQuarrie directing. Amazon has greenlit the feature and will give it a theatrical release, dating it for Oct. 1, 2027. The project has been operating under the radar but will see cameras roll starting November in New Jersey. Written by Scott Barkan and Gregg Zehentner (Into the Dark, Edge of Fear), the thriller centers on a former police detective serving a life sentence who is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Granted compassionate release with six months to live, he returns home to the estranged daughter he left behind and a