After what must have been a tumultuous stint on Solo: A Star Wars Story, having been something of a directorial Millennium Falcon himself, as he dropped in at the last minute to save the day, Ron Howard is now lining up his first post-Star Wars directing gig, and with the help of his long-time producer, Brian Grazer, has opted for an adaptation of Rob Hart novel The Warehouse.

The novel, which will be published next year, was the subject of a bidding war that Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment won, and tells the story of a future America that has been ravaged by political strife and climate change. An online retail giant named Cloud has marketed itself as the global saviour, but it hides a dark truth. Two Cloud employees, one in security and one a spy, meet and fall in love, but their relationship is threatened by their positions within the mega-corporation they both work for.

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Obviously its in the earliest stages of development, so that’s all there is to report for now, and Howard has the small matter of the Solo: A Star Wars Story Cannes World Premiere next week to worry about.

Source – Deadline