
Johnson will be playing the title character with the book being adapted by James Vanderbilt, the writer behind The Amazing Spider-Man franchise, White House Down and this summer's Independence Day: Resurgence. To win, he must counter it with a conspiracy of his own.


To survive, Janson must outrace a conspiracy that has gone beyond the control of its originators. Now Janson is running for his life, pursued by Jessica Kincaid, a young agent of astonishing ability who can anticipate and counter his every move. But Janson's rescue operation goes horribly wrong.and soon Janson is marked for death, the target of a "beyond salvage" order issued from the highest level of the government. covert agency Consular Operations – to save him. If you're unfamiliar with The Janson Directive, here's the official synopsis of the book from Amazon: When billionaire philanthropist Peter Novak is kidnapped by a terrorist known as The Caliph, it's up to Paul Janson – a legend in the notorious U.S. Find out more about the Robert Ludlum cinematic universe after the jump. The Janson Directive will be the first in a series of films based on Robert Ludlum novels that all take place in the same universe, and Universal has already assembled a team to shepherd the new endeavor. Thankfully, Universal isn't trying to expand the world of Jason Bourne again, but they are looking to create a new cinematic universe. The project just so happened to be set up at Universal Pictures, the home of the Jason Bourne film franchise, which made the opportunity for a crossover easily possible. Back in September of 2014, news surfaced that Dwayne Johnson would star in The Janson Directive, based on the novel of the same name from The Bourne Identity author Robert Ludlum.
