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"Daniel Espinosa has entered early talks to direct Child 44. The Safe House director is in line to adapt Tom Rob Smith&amp;#039;s award-winning novel, reports Deadline. Summit and Lionsgate are moving forward on the project, based on the adapted script by Richard Price. Child 44 is set in Stalin&amp;#039;s Soviet Union and centres around disgraced lawman Leo Demidov, who investigates a series of child killings. It was inspired by the Ukrainian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, who was executed for committing 52 murders. The book was optioned in 2008 prior to its release. Ridley Scott was previously attached to direct and remains a producer through his Scott Free company. Espinosa has also been linked to an adaptation of the controversial memoir A Million Little Pieces. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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