'Magician' reappears with Forster

Forster Getting lately wrapped Par's zombie tentpole "World War Z," director Marc Forster is setting his sights on another battlefront: World war 2.Forster is mounted on helm an adaptation of bestseller "The War Magician" for Lonetree Entertainment, with Lonetree partners Tony Eldridge and Colleen Camping creating.David Fisher book "The War Magician" informs the real story of British magician Jasper Maskelyne, who modified the core concepts of stage miracle to warfare with techniques that defied the imagination: Among his accomplishments, Maskelyne hid the main harbour of Alexandria Harbor, made the Suez Canal disappear and fooled Germany's Gen. Erwin Rommel having a phantom military that did not exist, a trick that ultimately brought to Rommel's defeat and grew to become a level of World war 2. A lot of Maskelyne's inventions continue to be found in warfare.Book was initially bought by Tom Cruise and hang up at Vital, with Cruise mounted on star, prior to the actor's cope with the studio fell through and also the option went on it.Task reunites Forster with Lonetree they are also joining on Sony's "The Equalizer," starring Denzel Washington. "The Equalizer" has been created by Eldridge, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Mace Neufeld, Alex Siskin and Michael Sloan.On Wednesday, Lonetree also acquired feature privileges to Raymond Benson's retro-super hero book series "The Black Stiletto." Project is presently to authors.Forster's "World War Z," starring Kaira Pitt and in line with the graphic novel by Max Brooks, hits theaters this Christmas.Forster is repped by CAA and Management 360. Contact Stuart Oldham at stuart.oldham@variety.com