LOS ANGELES, June 17 (UPI) -- Hollywood film director Sam Raimi reportedly has signed on to direct a movie based on Dennis Lehane's upcoming novel "The Given Day."
Clint Eastwood turned Lehane's "Mystic River" into a best picture Oscar winner, while Ben Affleck adapted his "Gone Baby Gone" into an acclaimed thriller and Martin Scorsese is currently working on a big-screen version of Lehane's "Shutter Island."