Bryan Singer Is Back With Secret Film Starring Jon Voight

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After eight years in exile, director Bryan Singer is mounting a comeback.

The “Superman Returns” helmer, who hasn’t worked in mainstream Hollywood since famously being fired from “Bohemian Rhapsody” in 2017, has quietly directed a film that stars Oscar winner Jon Voight.

Singer shot the new film, described as a period drama that revolves around the relationship between a father and son, in Greece in 2023. Variety understands that Israeli filmmaker Yariv Horovoitz (“Rock the Kasbah”) is involved in the project.

One source who has seen the final cut but is not involved with the production describes it as “a really well made film with awards-season potential” but predicts that “it’s going to be a huge hotbed of controversy” due to the subject matter. The source describes the story as set in the Middle East in the late ’70s or early ’80s at a time when Israel occupied Lebanon. “It makes Israel look really bad and could be polarizing,” the source adds. Another source familiar with the project says the story follows an architect looking for redemption. [source]