class=”alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-33076″ title=”Asger Leth” src=”https://www.heyuguys.com/images/2010/07/Asger-Leth-125×150.jpg” alt=”” width=”125″ height=”150″ />Asger Leth has not made too much of a name for himself yet, but that may be about to change.
He snagged the Directors Guild of America documentary award for his “Ghosts of Cite Soleil” about the slums in Haiti and was lined up to direct “Cartel” for Universal, a drama about the Mexican drug trade starring Josh Brolin, until they pulled the plug.
Well now (as reported by Variety) Leth is set to direct “Man on a Ledge” for Summit Entertainment, working from a script by television writer Pablo Fenjves.
Sam Worthington (who seems to be competing with Karl Urban for the “most roles in the pipeline” award) is to star in this film about a female pyschologist and a former NYPD officer who threatens to jump to his death. Whether this will be a rooftop-set two-hander or more expansive, only time will tell.
