Tony Scott eyes 'Narco Sub' at Fox

ScottGuggenheimKinberg Who stated nobody in Hollywood was working over Thanksgiving?twentieth century Fox used the vacation weekend to shut a preemptive deal for David Guggenheim's action thriller spec "Narco Sub," which Tony Scott is mounted on direct and convey through his Scott Free shingle, together with Simon Kinberg via his Genre Films banner.Referred to as similar to Scott's hit action photos "Crimson Tide" and "Guy burning,Inch the project's plot particulars are now being stored under systems. Nevertheless, narco subs are semi-submersible crafts that South American drug cartels used to smuggle cocaine in to the U.S.Guggenheim developed the script with producer Kinberg, who then gave the spec solely to Scott. Priority project has become being fast-monitored at Fox, where both Scott Free and Genre Films are based.Steve Asbell will oversee for Fox and Aditya Sood for Genre Films, while Michael Costigan and new hire Elishia Holmes will oversee for Scott Free.Within the this past year . 5, former Us Weekly editor Guggenheim has built themself among the most popular action scribes around. The coming year sees the discharge of Universal's "Safe House," which stars Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, in addition to Millennium Films' "Stolen," toplined by Nicolas Cage. Guggenheim also authored "Puzzle Structure" for Summit, which Micrograms just signed onto direct, and that he just offered the pitch "364" to Universal Pictures with Ron Howard mounted on direct.Furthermore, Guggenheim just authored the script "Santiago" for Fox, which Kinberg can also be creating. "I am so excited to become dealing with David again," stated Kinberg. "We have were built with a great experience on Santiago, and he's crafted another truly original, riveting action movie with wealthy figures along with a world we have never witnessed on the watch's screen. It has been a long term imagine mine to utilize Tony Scott. His films really are a huge a part of why I acquired into making movies to begin with. I can not wait to determine him for action, and get the opportunity to gain knowledge from the master from the genre." Scott last directed Fox's actioner "Easy" and it is mounted on direct biker pic "Hell's Angels" for that studio. Kinberg co-authored and created Fox's approaching action comedy "What This Means Is War" and created the studio's adaptation of "Abraham Lincoln subsequently: Vampire Hunter." He's presently creating Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi epic "Elysium." CAA reps Scott and Kinberg, while Guggenheim is repped by agent David Boxerbaum and manager Adam Kolbrenner of Madhouse Entertainment. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com