On September 25 Touchstone Pictures will release The Surrogates starring Bruce Willis, but that isn't stopping 20th Century Fox and director Paul Verhoeven (Showgirls, Black Book) from dropping the second "s" and getting to work on The Surrogate reports The Hollywood Reporter.

Verhoeven is developing and will direct the thriller, which is based on the 2004 book by Kathryn Mackel centering 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. Bummer eh?

Of course, this film is nothing like the human/robot duplication film The Surrogates represents, but both seem to be featuring a rather tired storytelling device in their respective genres.

The Surrogate was originally penned by Roderick Taylor and Bruce Taylor wrote the original draft and by the sounds of it Verhoeven is doing a little touch up. The director most recently co-wrote his BAFTA nominated feature Black Book with Gerard Soeteman.

There is no word on a production start date.

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