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Tyro scribe Whitta writing ‘Reaper’Following up its “Monster” critical and commercial success, Media 8 Entertainment is co-producing, financing and distributing the feature film “Reaper,” which Circle of Confusion will co-produce. Production is slated to begin in February.
Described as a stylish action-neo-noir film in the vein of “Blade Runner,” “Reaper” is the story of Virgil, a private investigator recruited to work for the beautiful and mysterious Delia. Virgil gradually finds himself immersed in a surreal underworld where the boundaries of life and death as well as right and wrong are blurred.
Media 8’s Sammy Lee will produce with Circle of Confusion partners David Alpert and Lawrence Mattis. Media 8’s Stewart Hall will exec produce, along with Circle Of Confusion’s David Engel and Jason Lust.
Pic was developed and written by Gary Whitta, a comicbook writer, novelist and videogame writer repped by Circle of Confusion and UTA. “Reaper” is his first screenplay.
“Gary had been developing the idea for a long time, trying to figure out the way to crack a unique tone,” Alpert said. "In one way it’s noir, but in another way it’s supernatural, something we’ve only really seen in ‘Angel Heart.’ "
“We’ve been very eager to make a feature film like this, but have been waiting for the right script to come along,” Lee said. “We expect ‘Reaper’ to be a darkly thrilling, visually dynamic film with very strong theatrical commercial appeal.”
In the wake of its Oscar-winning pic “Monster,” Media 8 is pursuing a strategy of producing, financing and distribbing six films a year. Production is near complete on “Running Scared,” an action pic starring Paul Walker, written by Wayne Kramer (“The Cooler”). Production also recently wrapped on “Lovewrecked,” a teen comedy with Amanda Bynes, directed by Randal Kleiser (“Honey, I Blew Up the Kid”).
Management-production shingle Circle of Confusion is adapting the Brian Michael Bendis graphic novel “Jinx” at Universal, with Charlize Theron attached to star. Circle is also adapting the Philip Ardagh adventure novel “The House at Awful End” at Warner Bros., with scribe Matt Huffman.