Patrick Lussier and Shutter Island scribe Laeta Kalogridas team for sci-fi epic

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 14 years ago

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

DRIVE ANGRY and MY BLOODY VALENTINE helmer Patrick Lussier is blasting off to the outer reaches with SHUTTER ISLAND screenwriter Laeta Kalogridas for an untitled sci-fi epic for Skydance Pictures, the production company behind MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL and TRUE GRIT.

Naturally, the plot details are under wraps right now. All we know about it is that it’s a “an original science fiction adventure” based on an idea hatched at Skydance. Yeah, I wish I had more to tell you, too…

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