Brian De Palma to direct Daredevil-esque thriller for Chinese movie studio
Brian De Palma is set to direct an upcoming action thriller, Lights Out, Variety reports. The movie is the first of a slate of “high-concept action films” made by Aurora Alliance Films, a joint venture banner between Huace, one of China’s leading TV producers, and Sydney- and Los Angeles-based Arclight Films. Lights Out is about a blind Chinese girl caught up in a plot to expose a top-secret assassination program who must use her four other, heightened senses to “fight back and become a hero.” Think Daredevil without the tights—except there might actually be tights, depending on what titillates De Palma these days. It’s unclear how the director will tackle his favorite obsession of voyeurism when the main character can’t see anything, but kinky sex is still totally on the table.