Norman Mailer’s son directing former Mike Nichols film

The son of late writer Norman Mailer is set to take over as the director of a film previously developed by Mike Nichols. Michael Mailer worked on the screenplay for Blind with his brother John Buffalo Mailer in 2004 and the project was subsequently picked up by The Graduate filmmaker.
Clive Owen, Russell Crowe and Uma Thurman signed on to star, but the movie stalled and never came to fruition.
Now Michael has decided to step behind the camera himself to start filming in April (15).
He tells the New York Post, “It’s back to being an indie film with a far less illustrious director on board. (But) at least it was validated by the master himself.”
The movie will centre on a blind novelist and the woman who worked as his reader. The cast has yet to be revealed.
Nichols passed away last month (Nov14).