White GodfilmmakerKornél Mundruczóis in talks to directInherit the Earthfor Sony andMichael Bay’s Platinum Dunes, Collider has learned.
Mike FlanaganandAndrew Adamsonwere previously attached to direct the project, which has gone through major changes during its time in development. In December 2016,Deadline reportedthat Flanagan would re-conceive the script so that it follows a robot servant who is tasked with protecting a young girl. Mundruczó’s wife, Kata Weber, will now pen a new draft of the script.
The project was originally based on IDW’s comic bookZombies vs. Robots, which follows a team of robots who must clone the last surviving human baby and protect it from intelligent zombies.Oren Uziel,J.T. PettyandCraig Bortenall had a hand in the genre script, which has clearly undergone some significant changes over the years.
Bay will produce the sci-fi/action movie with his Platinum Dunes partnersBrad FullerandAndrew Form, as well asDave AlpertandRick Jacobsat Circle of Confusion, andTed AdamsandTrevor Macy.
Mundruczó is a Hungarian filmmaker whose dramaJohannascreened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, whereWhite Godwent on to make a splash in 2014. That film follows an abandoned dog that tries in vain to find its beloved owner before eventually joining a canine revolt against humans. Inthe New York Times,Manohla Dargiscalled it “a Hungarian revenge fantasy that’s like nothing you’ve seen on screen before.”
Since earning acclaim forWhite God, Mundruczó co-wrote and directed the foreign filmJupiter’s Moon, and signed on to direct theMax LandisscriptDeeperfor MGM, thoughBradley Cooperis no longer attached to star oppositeGal Gadotin that movie. Mundruczó is represented by CAA, United Agents and Novo.
Representatives for Sony and Mundruczó did not respond to requests for comment.
