Dee Rees, whose
Mudbound is set to screen at the New York and London film festivals, will direct an adaptation of Joan Didion’s 1996 novel
The Last Thing He Wanted, reports
Screen’s
Jeremy Kay. Says Rees: “It’s an international spy thriller and . . .
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