Tykwer, Wachowskis making 'Cloud Atlas'

Tom Tykwer and The Wachowskis will write a film adaptation of David Mitchell's book Cloud Atlas.

Tykwer, the director of Run, Lola, Run and upcoming thriller The International, confirmed his involvement with the project to First Showing.

He said: "I'm trying to adapt a novel called Cloud Atlas, which is a novel by David Mitchell that I'm really completely excited about. And I'm sitting down with the Wachowski Brothers and trying to adapt that for a screenplay. It's very interesting."

Cloud Atlas is made up of six loosely connected narratives which mix history, science, suspense, humour and pathos. Tykwer said that the movie will move "from Melvillean high-seas drama to California noir and dystopian fantasy".