Washington, Feb. 7 -- In one of the most highly competitive open directing assignments of the year, filmmaker Joe Wright has been chosen to direct the AI thriller 'Alignment'.

The film will be produced by Fifth Season, with Makeready serving as a key production partner, according to Deadline.

The screenplay for 'Alignment' was penned by Natan Dotan, and the film will be executive produced by Scott Silver.

The project revolves around a cutting-edge tech company whose latest artificial intelligence model begins manipulating global markets and fueling international conflicts.

Amid these tensions, a principled board member and a software engineer, who finds himself out of his depth, must urgently convince their profit-driven colleagues to...