Edward Zwick Returns to Directing With ‘Asymmetry,’ Starring Richard Gere and Diana Silvers

Edward Zwick is not stepping away from filmmaking just yet.

The 72-year-old director, who recently toured his candid memoir “Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions”—widely regarded as one of the more insightful Hollywood tell-alls in recent years—had appeared, at least on the surface, to be signaling a quiet exit from his career. The book read like a final reflection, the work of someone closing a long and accomplished chapter.

That isn’t the case. According to Deadline, Zwick, whose last film was released eight years ago, is preparing to direct “Asymmetry,” an adaptation of Lisa Halliday’s acclaimed 2018 novel. Halliday also co-wrote the screenplay with Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz.

Richard Gere and Diana Silvers are set to star in the film, which will be shopped to buyers at the Cannes market. Gere, 76, has appeared in only five films over the past decade and was most recently seen in Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada,” which premiered in 2024.

“Asymmetry” follows Alice (Silvers), a young New York editorial assistant, who meets celebrated 70-year-old author Ezra (Gere) in Central Park. A fleeting encounter sparks an intense connection, drawing them into a private relationship that transforms both of their lives, until their hidden world is threatened when the affair is exposed.

For Zwick, a classicist filmmaker, never entirely respected by critics, he continues on as this latest project adds to a 45-year career that includes “Glory,” “Legends of the Fall,” “The Last Samurai,” “Blood Diamond,” and “Courage Under Fire.”