Genre: Thriller.
Studio:
20th Century Fox.
Production Company:
Unknown.
Project Phase: Development Hell.
Who's In It:
David Duchovny (Robert Roth, unsigned but interested); Robert Kline
(unsigned); Reed Diamond (Fritz Lockhardt).
Who's Making It:
Jerod Mackenzie (Screenwriter).
Premise: Business consultant Robert Roth finds a mysterious CD inside a car wreck, filled with Nazi hate literature from World War II...and a very important chemical manifest sheet that pertains to the Nazi Reich. The disc's owner, a scam artist, wants to play on the fears of a Jewish company and make fast money, unconcerned with any possible repercussions. The disc's original owners want to cover up the information as fast as possible. As Roth tries to determine which side, if any, he will hand over the information to, he is pursued and hunted by the three agencies. Each will stop at nothing to regain control of a fifty-year old secret that could shake the globe.
Release Date: Unknown.
Comments: The script is said to be filled with many twists and turns, including a few big events that even surprised experienced script readers.
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
February-March 1997... [Info on project submitted by 'hojo', 'foxbob', 'Bobo' and anonymously.]
February 6, 1997... "David Duchovny has apparently taken a look at a new script entitled Reciprocity and agreed to sign a contract. Word from his sources is that Reciprocity is a thriller about a CD that Duchovny's character finds and that turns out to have formulas developed by a chemical company for the Nazis and still used today by the company. The company wants the CD, the people who stole the info from the company wants the CD and Duchovny is caught in the middle. Sources say its like a more dramatic/realistic/serious Strange Days."
The scooper also mentioned a very surprising development that occurs halfway through the film that will throw the audience for a loop...but we're keeping mum about it. [Scoop information submitted by 'Hojo'.]
February 20, 1997... "Strange Days remade by Hitchcock," is how this scooper described the script. He also says that Duchovney is locked in for the role and that Homicide' Reed Diamond is being considered for the role of a young Aryan hunter. [Comment and additional plot details sent in by 'foxbob'.]
February 25, 1997... Diamond has agreed to play the role of Fritz Lockhardt, the Aryan who hunts down Roth. Word is Fox wants to get the picture greenlighted ASAP, but casting difficulties are slowing down development. [Info provided by 'foxbob'.]
March 3, 1997... Look for a late '98 release, this anonymous writer tells us. [Scoop provided anonymously.]
June 3, 1997... Now we're told Fox is trying to pass the rights for the film to Universal Pictures. "That would knock production/release back about 6 months," the scooper reported. [Sent in anonymously.]
September 21, 1998... This anonymous scooper stopped in to point out that this film probably isn't going to happen for a while, at least not with Duchovny on board. Since his self-professed selfishness has signed him back on the X-Train, he probably won't have time after this season if X-Files 2 rolls during the break. [Handily pointed out by anonymous.]