'Dark Knight' producer heads to 'Damascus'

Dark Knight producer Charles Roven will oversee an adaptation of Robert Stone's political thriller novel Damascus Gate.

The story centres on a journalist who uncovers a conspiracy to sabotage a historic peace agreement between Palestinians and Israelis. Screenwriter Eric Warren Singer (The International) will adapt the novel.

Roven, who will produce with Richard Suckle for Columbia, told The Hollywood Reporter that he expects the movie to be character-driven and a thriller.

"It's definitely going to have shadings of both," he said. "Anything Eric writes will have its share of complex characters."