'Dark Knight' producer heads to 'Damascus'

"The Dark Knight" producer Charles Roven is working on a big-screen adaptation of Robert Stone's novel "Damascus Gate" for Columbia.

The Hollywood Reporter describes the film as a political thriller "set in a world in which a groundbreaking accord between Palestinians and Israelis is nearly complete when a burned-out journalist comes upon an extremist plot to sabotage the effort. The title is a reference to a landmark gate in Jerusalem's Old City."

Eric Singer is writing the screenplay for the project, which Roven and Richard Suckle are producing. Roven also told THR the film will feature "complex characters."

Singer most recently wrote Tom Tykwer's upcoming thriller "The International." As for Roven, his producing credits include "Get Smart," "The Bank Job" and "Batman Begins."

One of his upcoming projects is Dominic Sena's "Season of the Witch," a period drama/thriller starring Nicholas Cage and Ron Perlman.