Edgar Wright’s ‘Collider’ Is Getting A Rewrite From ‘The Revenant’ Scribe
Edgar Wrightis currently preppingBaby Driver, described as “the ultimate rock-and-roll car chase film,” but one of his next directorial efforts is taking a step forward in the meantime.Mark L. Smith(The Revenant) has just been tapped to do a rewrite onCollider, a Paramount project produced byJ.J. Abrams' Bad Robot. More on the Edgar WrightColliderrewrite after the jump.Deadlinebroke news of the Edgar WrightColliderrewrite. Smith has already closed his deal to pen the next draft of the screenplay.Mark Protosevich(of theOldboyremake) and Wright wrote the first draft. Plot details are still being kept under wraps, though we’ve heard it would be a"smart and scary"sci-fifilm.
Smith is coming off ofThe Revenant, which he co-wrote with director Alejandro González Iñárritu, based on the novel by Michael Punke, and is now at work on the video game adaptationGhost Recon. He also has aViking picin development at Warner Bros. with Leonardo DiCaprio attached to star.
Otherwise, Smith’s résumé is heavy on horror. His other credits include Joe Dante’sThe Hole, the upcomingMartyrsremake,Vacancyand its sequel, andSéance. That experience definitely seems to fit with Protosevich’s earlier promises thatColliderwould be “real deal” scary, not winking scary likeShaun of the DeadorThe World’s End.
Still unclear is whenColliderwill shoot. Wright’sBaby Driverwill begin filming in the near future for release onMarch 17, 2017. The film stars Ansel Elgort as a getaway car driver who finds himself in trouble when a bank heist goes bad. Lily James stars as Elgort’s love interest.
Wright has yet to announce which project will move next, onceBaby Driveris done. Other projects on his to-do list include the YA adaptationGrasshopper Jungleand anotherSimon Pegg collaboration.
