While we’re still waiting to see how Jon M. Chu did with G.I. Joe Retaliation, he’s already lining up his next movie, as THR reports that he’s is in talks to direct Matched for Walt Disney Pictures. The filmmaker replaces David Slade (30 Days of Night), who was in talks to direct back in September, but that didn’t work out.
The film is based on Ally Condie’s young adult novel that is set in a future where the government controls every aspect of people’s lives – what they read, what to believe in and who they should fall in love with. The main plot follows a young woman who is set up with an arranged romance, which she turns down to forge her own path.
Michele Mulroney and Kieran Mulroney (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows) wrote the adapted screenplay. Chu remains attached to the reboot of Masters Of The Universe, but it’s believed that project is still in the early stages, so Matched is likely to be in his next film.