Paul Verhoeven has come aboard to develop and direct 'The Surrogate,' (not this) a thriller for 20th Century Fox. Ralph Winter is producing via his Winter Road, THR reports.
Based on the 2004 book by Kathryn Mackel, the story centers on a couple desperate to have a child who find themselves in an unbearable position when they find out the surrogate they hired to carry their baby is insane.