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Jim Thompson Thriller 'The Ideal Man' Set at Foreign Concept
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Jim Thompson Thriller 'The Ideal Man' Set at Foreign Concept

Variety·Naman Ramachandran·20 days ago
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Foreign Concept Entertainment is developing “The Ideal Man,” a thriller centered on Jim Thompson — the former CIA operative who built one of Thailand’s most recognized lifestyle brands before vanishing without explanation in 1967. The script is set during the Vietnam War, with the story hinging on Thompson’s suspicious disappearance at the conflict’s height and the range of suspects implicated in the case. Principal photography is expected to begin in Bangkok in mid-2027. A director is being finalized. The project is being shopped to buyers at the Cannes Film Market . Popular on Variety The Los Angeles and Vancouver-based company has tapped Dorothy Kozak Snoke, repped by Zero Gravity, to write the screenplay. Snoke is adapting the script from Joshua Kurlantzick’s biography “The Ideal Man: The Tragedy of Jim Thompson and the American Way of War.” Snoke and Michael Belyea are producing.…

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