Justin Lin is moving pretty fast and furious. The “Fast Five” director has been rumored in several projects lately including a new “Terminator” reboot film and “The Wolverine” sequel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal Pictures acquired an untitled science-fiction crime thriller project from filmmaker Bobby Glickert. Lin and Scott Stuber (“Role Models,” “Love & Other Drugs”) are producing the project. Glickert wrote the pitch outline and will direct the sci-fi film. Universal Pictures will hire a writer for the screenplay. It will be Glickert’s feature directorial debut if the project gets started. He directed a few shorts including “Road to Moloch” and “The Descendent.” He worked on several major films as a production assistant on “Fast & Furious,” “Iron Man,” and “Transformers.” The plot details are currently being kept a secret. “Taking a step back, as a view, the tone a gritty approach to the sci-fi genre taken here is...
- 6/4/2011
- LRMonline.com
Universal has purchased the rights to an untitled sci-fi crime thriller from assistant turned filmmaker, Bobby Glickert. The project is being produced by Scott Stuber and Justin Lin (Fast Five). Glickert has written the outline for the pitch and is staged to direct and produce the project. Universal is looking to hire a writer to craft the screenplay.
A P.A. on Transformers, Iron Man and most recently on Lin's Fast & Furious, Glickert has also directed a couple short films. One was an action short called The Descendent and the other a horror short called Road to Moloch. He currently has another sci-fi film in development at Paramount, with Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners attached as producers, set up a spec sci-fi project at Paramount.
As you can expect, the project is being kept quiet. Lin had the following to say to THR, “Taking a step back, as a viewer,...
A P.A. on Transformers, Iron Man and most recently on Lin's Fast & Furious, Glickert has also directed a couple short films. One was an action short called The Descendent and the other a horror short called Road to Moloch. He currently has another sci-fi film in development at Paramount, with Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners attached as producers, set up a spec sci-fi project at Paramount.
As you can expect, the project is being kept quiet. Lin had the following to say to THR, “Taking a step back, as a viewer,...
- 6/4/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Paramount Pictures has acquired a the film rights to a new alien sci-fi film, which Michael Bay is set to produce on a modest budget. Does Bay even know how to develop a film on a modest budget? Deadline reports that. "The deal was made on the basis of a two-minute teaser and a pitch. It will be directed by Bobby Glickert, and produced by Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form."
The producers and studio are currently meeting with screenwriters to write up the film project. There are no real details on what this movie is about other than it's being called "Confidential Alien Project", and it is compared to Cloverfield and Paranormal Activity, both of which were shot on the cheap and released by Paramount.
This will be Glickert's first big feature film, before this he made to short horror films called Road to Moloch and The Descendent.
The producers and studio are currently meeting with screenwriters to write up the film project. There are no real details on what this movie is about other than it's being called "Confidential Alien Project", and it is compared to Cloverfield and Paranormal Activity, both of which were shot on the cheap and released by Paramount.
This will be Glickert's first big feature film, before this he made to short horror films called Road to Moloch and The Descendent.
- 7/27/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
For those that want to break into the industry, start Pa’ing. Bobby Glickert did just very that on Michael Bay‘s first Transformers film. Now, after recently being an assistant to director Justin Lin on Fast & Furious, he will have his shot at directing his first feature, Deadline reports.
Paramount Pictures, who is currently producing the J.J. Abrams/Steven Spielberg alien project Super 8, will finance another modestly-budgeted invasion flick. Michael Bay will help produce what’s being called “the Confidential Alien Project.” Think Cloverfield mixed with Paranormal Activity.
You can check out Robert Glickert‘s shorts here: Road to Moloch and his thesis project The Descendent.
It’s insane how many sci-fi/alien projects are being developed. D.J. Caruso‘s I Am Number Four and Jon Favreau‘s Cowboys & Aliens are both at Paramount. Battle: Los Angeles comes out next March while Skyline hits in November. The Darkest...
Paramount Pictures, who is currently producing the J.J. Abrams/Steven Spielberg alien project Super 8, will finance another modestly-budgeted invasion flick. Michael Bay will help produce what’s being called “the Confidential Alien Project.” Think Cloverfield mixed with Paranormal Activity.
You can check out Robert Glickert‘s shorts here: Road to Moloch and his thesis project The Descendent.
It’s insane how many sci-fi/alien projects are being developed. D.J. Caruso‘s I Am Number Four and Jon Favreau‘s Cowboys & Aliens are both at Paramount. Battle: Los Angeles comes out next March while Skyline hits in November. The Darkest...
- 7/27/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Paramount, which is already making the Jj Abrams-directed Steven Spielberg-produced Super 8, has acquired a spec package for another modestly budgeted extraterrestrial project. This one's about alien abduction and the plan is to bring it in for about $12 million. And this one has as its producer Michael Bay, who's currently shooting Transformers 3 for the studio. The deal was made on the basis of a two-minute teaser and a pitch. It will be directed by Bobby Glickert, and produced by Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form. They are out to writers to draft Glickert's story. It's being called the "Confidential Alien Project", and it's said to have things in common with Cloverfield and Paranormal Activity, both of which were shot on the cheap and released by Paramount. Wme made the deal. Glickert gets his first shot behind the camera on a feature after directing two horror shorts,...
- 7/27/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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