This will be Butlers first film as producer, alongsideDavid HeymanandShane Salerno.
The studio has made this a high priority and will be meeting with writers and filmmakers immediately.
A modern-day Helen of Troy event tears them apart and starts a brutal war.
Austin Butler will star in ‘City on Fire’Getty Images; William Morrow
Winslow particularly sparked to the prospect of Butler taking his next leading-man step through his novel.
Heyman producedOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood,as well asMarriage Story, Gravityand the Harry Potter films.
Through his The Story Factory banner, Salerno is enmeshed in several small- and big-screen adaptations of Winslow bestsellers.
Perhaps his best is theBorder Trilogy, a 50-year battle between the DEA and Mexican cartels.
