Rawson Marshall Thurber, the filmmaker behind the Netflix hit 'Red Notice,' is directing the live-action adaptation, which will shoot this fall in Australia.
And 20 minutes after the announcement was made, they followed up with the unfortunate message that Cavill has been dropped from the project due to the fact that he understands and enjoys the source material, and is therefore too problematic to continue working with.
I think it's totally healthy that an online bookseller became the world's largest monopoly, is suing to have the NLRB declared unconstitutional so serfs can't form unions for a modicum of power, bought a major historic film studio for its name and library, is now moving into live sports, and produced the world's richest man who by all accounts is an immature, greedy prick.