Actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Jake Gyllenhaal are in talks to star in Rio.
A Bigger Splash helmer Luca Guadagnino is directing from a script by Steven Knight, reports variety.com.
The film follows a financial reporter (Gyllenhaal) who travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit a wealthy friend (Cumberbatch), only to get sucked into a plot to fake his friend's death.