'Unknown White Male' Soon Set To Be Known

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Jaume Collet-Serra has directed three films thus far - the slasher film House of Wax](House of Wax (2005) - IMDb), a slasher film that was marketed largely on the prospect of seeing Paris Hilton die; Goal II: Living The Dream](Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) - IMDb), which answered many of the burning questions left over from the original Goal; and Orphan](Orphan (2009) - IMDb), starring Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga as adoptive parents who invite an unholy terror into their homes. During the press day for Orphan, which opens Friday nationwide, Collet-Serra indicated he already has his fourth film lined up and ready to go.

“It’s coming,” Collet-Serra said of Unknown White Male, a thriller that reunites him with his House of Wax and Orphan producer Joel Silver. “It’s shooting in the winter in Berlin, and that’s a great script. It’s a search for identity, which is something that everybody is looking for in their lives, like who they are, so that’s a great thing. The premise is just fantastic, the first 15 minutes, a guy waking up from a coma and realizing that he’s been replaced by somebody else, I think that’s one of the greatest first 15 minutes that I’ve read.”

As for its stars? Collet-Serra declined to offer names, but when a journalist indicated that they’d spoken to Liam Neeson, he replied, “yeah,” but added, “I don’t have the contract on my desk. We don’t really have anybody official yet.”