Matthew Vaughn To Direct Thriller 'I Am Pilgrim'

With the creative team behind "Kingsman: The Secret Service" still figuring out how to bring back Colin Firth for a sequel (here's an idea: don't), Matthew Vaughn has taken some time to look at some other gigs, and he's signing up for one. And moreover, this gig doesn't involve embracing or subverting spy film tropes.

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Vaughn will produce, co-finance and direct "I Am Pilgrim." Based on the debut novel by Terry Hayes (screenwriter behind "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior," "Payback," "From Hell"), the story follows an american intelligence operative headed into retirement, until one more case pulls him back in. Here's the book synopsis: 

A breakneck race against time…and an implacable enemy.
An anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying characteristics dissolved by acid.
A...