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Jonathan Mostow’s next movie
“Terminator 3” – and reportedly, “Terminator 4” – helmer, Jonathan Mostow, has been snapped up to direct “The Surrogates”, a new sci-fi film for Disney.
“T3” writers Michael Ferris and John Brancato are writing the script.
Published by Top Shelf Comix, the graphic novel “The Surrogate,” written by Robert Venditti and illustrated by Brett Weldele, is set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation. They interact vicariously, through surrogate robots.
“This is a Philip K. Dick-like futuristic universe, but people who live a second life already on the Internet can relate to some of the themes here,” Brancato, who with Ferris is adapting the Robert Ludlum novel “Sigma Protocol” for Strike Entertainment, told Variety.
The subject matter is edgy for Disney, and Oren Aviv is eyeing Touchstone as a home for it.
“This is a grounded sci-fi premise, but there are big effects, and it’s clear from ‘300’ that people want to see different kinds of things, and this falls into that category,” Mandeville’s David Hoberman said.
The trade also confirms that Mostow is still involved with the big-screen version of Marvel’s “The Sub-Mariner”, based on the Marvel comic of the same name.
