Thanks to B and J for the heads up.
Deadline has posted that Keanu Reeves is in negotiations to star in Siberia. The film is being directed by Matthew Ross whose directorial debut, Frank and Lola was critically acclaimed. The project is being produced by Gabriela Bacher and Stephen Hamel. FIlming is suppose to start this year. The script is being written by Scott Smith.
The following synopsis was given:
Reeves plays an American diamond trader who travels to Russia to sell a batch of blue diamonds of questionable origin to a mysterious buyer. When his partner and the jewels go missing, he travels deep into Siberia to try and find them but soon becomes entangled in a passionate affair with a local café owner. Before long, the consequences of dealing in a corrupt diamond trade come to haunt them.