Deadline is reporting that Salt director Phillip Noyce is in negotiations to direct Timeless.

Enchanted screenwriter Bill Kelly wrote the script, which centers on a recently-widowed man who realizes that his late wife left him a fortune. He uses his newfound wealth to build a time machine so he can see his wife one last time, and to resolve a mysterious issue between the couple.

Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media made a preemptive deal for the project with Sunil Perkash producing. No production schedule was given for the movie.

The drama should not be confused with another movie entitled Timeless, which Robert Zemeckis is directing. We reported on that project at the end of September.