Screen Gems has acquired the spec script Border Patrol, with genre filmmaker James Wan and Michael Clear on board to produce the project through their company Atomic Monster and Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down) set to direct the film. According to Deadline, Screen Gems enjoyed their working relationship with Roberts on Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City so much that they “moved fast to land the rights” to this spec script package so they could work with him again.
The initial script for Border Patrol was written by Noah Griffith and Daniel Stewart, whose previous credits include the Netflix series Sweet Tooth, the DC Comics-inspired series Swamp Thing, and the Stephen King-inspired series The Mist. Griffith and Stewart’s script is now being rewritten by Gregg Hurwitz and Philip Eisner, the duo who wrote the Netflix film Sweet Girl. Hurwitz is also a bestselling author, and before partnering with him Eisner wrote Event Horizon, Firestarter 2: Rekindled, and Mutant Chronicles.
Since Border Patrol is considered to still be in development, Screen Gem is keeping the plot details secret.
In addition to 47 Meters Down and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Roberts has directed Sanitarium, Hellbreeder, Darkhunters, Forest of the Damned, F, Roadkill, Storage 24, The Other Side of the Door, The Strangers: Prey at Night, and 47 Meters Down: Uncaged. He also contributed a segment to the anthology film V/H/S/99, and is in pre-production on a horror film called The Not Polly, which we just found out about last week.
How does Border Patrol sound to you? Are you interested in seeing a film directed by Johannes Roberts and produced by James Wan? Let us know by leaving a comment below. I tend to check out anything those two put their names on, so I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on the progress of Border Patrol.
