• Paramount has purchased George Mahaffey «s original
action spec script «Heatseekers» and set the project up with Michael Bay «s Platinum Dunes, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Not exact matches
And it might be nice to see Whedon return to the
action genre — he famously co-wrote (without receiving screen credit) Jan de Bont «s masterful «Speed» and sold a $ 1 million
spec script called «Suspension» about a terrorist attack on a bridge (it was never actualized and was, at one point, considered for a sequel to the Sylvester Stallone disaster movie «Daylight «-RRB-.
A goofy, satirical, and warm - hearted
spec by Zak Penn and Adam Leff, «Last
Action Hero» was soon put through the Hollywood
script - doctoring machine and eventually wound up on the desk of Black and his writing partner David Arnott.
This led to some other
spec script movement, including the
action - comedy «Worst Honeymoon Ever,» about a couple, one of whom is a superspy, and «Monster Problems,» a «Zombieland «- ish post-apocalyptic comedy that's set up at Paramount with Shawn Levy producing.
The intense battles of the world war 2 era games are relocated to the sand - blasted alleyways of a middle - eastern dictatorship, with tense
spec - ops raids that reign in the
action to brief bursts of gunplay, relying on atmosphere and deftly - weaved
scripts to keep the player invested.