Safe House | Behind-The-Scenes In February 2010, it was reported Universal Pictures had acquired the David Guggenheimpenned spec script Safe House, about a young CIA agent who must find a way to transport a dangerous prisoner to another safe house when the one he works at is compromised, with Scott Stuber set to produce. Universal acquired the script following a heated bidding war between several other producers and studios. In July of that year, Denzel Washington had entered talks to star in th