By now James Mangold should be deep into production on his adaptation of The Deep Blue Good-by, but a serious injury to star Christian Bale kept that from happening. With The Wolverine 3 next on his list, Mangold probably won't have time to fill that gap with anything else, which means this new gig will have to come later. According to The Wrap, Mangold will direct an adaptation of Chris Greenhalgh's book, Seducing Ingrid Bergman. Penned by Arash Amell (Grace of Monaco), it centers on photographer Robert Capa and his love affair with the titular actress. Here's the book synopsis:
"June 1945. When Ingrid Bergman walks into the lobby of the Ritz hotel in Paris, war photographer Robert Capa is enchanted. From the moment he slips a mischievous invitation to dinner under her door, the two find themselves helplessly attracted. Played out against the cafés and nightclubs of post-war Paris and the parties and studios of Hollywood, they pursue an intense and increasingly reckless affair.
But the light-hearted Capa, who likes nothing more than to spend his mornings reading in the tub and his afternoons at the racetrack, is not all that he seems. And Ingrid offers the promise of salvation to a man haunted by the horrors of war, his father's suicide, and the death of a former lover for which he blames himself. Addicted to risk, Capa must wrestle his devils, including gambling and drink, and resist an impulse to go off and photograph yet another war.
Meanwhile, Ingrid, trapped in a passionless marriage and with a seven-year-old daughter to bring up, must court scandal and risk compromising her Hollywood career and saintly reputation if their love is to survive. With their happiness and identities at stake, both Capa and Ingrid are presented with terrible choices."
Hollywood has been trying to tell Capa's story for years with little success, and without a firm start date it remains to be seen if Mangold's film will be the first to break the unlucky streak.
