From Variety comes word that David R. Ellis (Final Destination 2) will direct the thriller Six Days Till Midnight for Emmett/Furla Films.

Written by Mark Bacci, the film will follow a wealthy businessman who encounters a stranger who says he has six days to answer one question. For every day that he doesn’t give the answer, one of his closest friends/family will die, ending with the businessman’s death at the end of the sixth day.

Shooting will begin in April 2009 for the $25 million budgeted film. George Parra, Randall Emmet, Arianne Fraser and Ksana Golod are producing.