Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot today announced that they have optioned the spec script Wunderkind from writer Patrick Aison. J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk of Bad Robot will produce. H2F.s Chris Cowles and Chris Fenton will executive produce with Brian McCurley serving as associate producer. Wunderkind is an elevated two-handed action/thriller set in the 1970's following a young Nazi hunter with the CIA and an older Nazi hunter working for the Mossad. The two become reluctantly intertwined in their hunt and shocking twists result. Aison most recently co-wrote with Brad Kean the sci-fi thriller spec Echo Station with the Spierig Brothers ( Daybreakers ) directing. The Singapore/Aussie financed $20M film starts production this fall in Australia with Circle of...
- 6/12/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot Productions acquired the spec script "Wunderkind" from writer Patrick Aison, the company announced Monday. The studio teamed up with J.J. Abrams' production company to buy the rights to produce "Wunderkind" with Chris Cowles and Chris Fenton of H2F Entertainment, according to a press release from Paramount. Also read: 'Thor' Script Leak Brings Down Thunder from Paramount, Marvel H2F's Brian McCurley will serve as associate producer. Set in the 1970s, the action-thriller follows a young CIA agent hunting runaway Nazis with an older Nazi-hunter from Israel's intelligence agency, the Mossad. The...
- 6/12/2012
- by Alexander C. Kaufman
- The Wrap
Bad Robot is going into search and destroy mode with the Nazi-hunting drama Wunderkind.
J.J. Abrams’ production company is teaming up with Paramount Pictures after optioning the script for the film, about a young CIA agent investigating German war criminals and an aging Israeli Mossad agent pursuing the same.
Set in the 1970s, the original story by screenwriter Patrick Aison takes place against the backdrop of the Cold War as the two agents from friendly but rival nations tentatively join forces in their hunt — which, of course, doesn’t turn out nearly as they expected.
As the script went on the market last month,...
J.J. Abrams’ production company is teaming up with Paramount Pictures after optioning the script for the film, about a young CIA agent investigating German war criminals and an aging Israeli Mossad agent pursuing the same.
Set in the 1970s, the original story by screenwriter Patrick Aison takes place against the backdrop of the Cold War as the two agents from friendly but rival nations tentatively join forces in their hunt — which, of course, doesn’t turn out nearly as they expected.
As the script went on the market last month,...
- 6/12/2012
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
Hollywood (June 11, 2012) – Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom Inc., and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot today announced that they have optioned the spec script “Wunderkind” from writer Patrick Aison. J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk of Bad Robot will produce. H2F’s Chris Cowles and Chris Fenton will executive produce with Brian McCurley serving as associate producer. Wunderkind is an elevated two-handed action/thriller set in the 1970′s following a young Nazi hunter with the CIA and an older Nazi hunter working for the Mossad. The two become reluctantly intertwined in their hunt and shocking twists result. Aison most recently co-wrote with Brad Kean the sci-fi thriller spec “Echo Station” with the Spierig Brothers (“Daybreakers”) directing. The Singapore/Aussie financed $20M film starts production this fall in Australia with Circle of Confusion and H2F producing. Casting is now underway. Aison, a graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts masters program,...
- 6/11/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production banner have optioned the spec script Wunderkind from Patrick Aison, the studio announced Monday afternoon. Abrams and Bryan Burk of Bad Robot will produce. Chris Cowles and Chris Fenton of management and production firm H2F Entertainment will executive produce, with Brian McCurley serving as associate producer. The action/thriller is set in the 1970s and follows two Nazi hunters; one is with the CIA and another works for Israel's Mossad intelligence organization. The two hunters' paths become intertwined -- but they only start working together reluctantly. Story: J.J. Abrams Extends First-Look
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- 6/11/2012
- by Daniel Miller
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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