US actor Tobey Maguire waves as he arrives for the premiere of his latest movie, Spider-Man 3 in Tokyo on Monday, April 16, 2007.
The movie will focus on Fischer's rise as a chess champion in the 1960s, leading up to the famous match against Soviet player Boris Spassky in 1972, one of the high points of the Cold War.
Steven Knight has written the most current draft of the project, which previously had David Fincher attached as director.