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According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Dutch filmmaker is attached to develop and direct the 20th Century Fox movie. An adaptation of Kathryn Mackel's 2004 novel, the story revolves around a couple who discover that the woman they have paid to carry their baby is insane.
Roderick Taylor and Bruce Taylor penned the script, while X-Men's Ralph Winter will serve as producer.
Verhoeven, whose credits include Total Recall, Showgirls and Starship Troopers, has not made a film in the US since 2000's Hollow Man.
His last movie, the well-received Black Book, was produced in the Netherlands and Germany.
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