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Jones takes on multiple roles for Hemingway's 'Islands'
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More from MoviesCANNES — Tommy Lee Jones is taking on the work of Ernest Hemingway, signing on to adapt, direct, produce and star in the writer's posthumously published novel "Islands in the Stream."
Morgan Freeman and John Goodman also are in discussions to board the picture.
"Islands" centers on the various life stages of a reclusive male painter named Thomas Hudson before, during and after World War II.
The Hemingway adaptation marks the sophomore directorial effort of Jones, who previously helmed Mexican mystery "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada."
"Islands," which is set for an estimated $30 million budget, will shoot in Puerto Rico, with production not scheduled to start until next March.
Jones is next set to star in Bernard Tavernier's Southern detective story "Into the Electric Mist."
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