EXCLUSIVE: Following the successful
Ride Along films and upcoming
Flint Strong biopic,
Ice Cube and Universal look to have found their next high-profile project as Cube is set to star in the untitled grounded sci-fi movie for the studio with
Patrick Aiello and
Timur Bekmambetov producing. Rich Lee will direct from a script by Kenneth Golde.
Plot details are vague other then it being described as a grounded sci-fi film in the vein of
District 9 that touches on themes of privacy versus surveillance. Universal has already green lit the film and has fast tracked it by having it go into production next month.
The talent behind the package was already intriguing to the studio but what really sealed the deal, was the technology that Bekmambetov has been fine tuning ever since signing his five-picture deal with the studio. The idea behind this format that was part of the presentation is a production that had the look of commercial event film but at the budget of a contained thriller. This new technology will allow for a fully remote production with all actors and crew working from their individual separate locations. So basically if Cube wanted his part of the shoot to be done from his home it could be done without a problem and with crew working from somewhere else. The shoot would be a first of its kind at this scope and is not only done at a lower budget but also provides the safe working environment every studio is trying to achieve during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The presentation impressed Universal so much that the studio aggressively pursued the project immediately after the presentation.
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