While most studios have closed their wallets for the year, as far as development spending goes, Paramount recently spent $2 million to purchase a pitch from writers Aline Brosh McKenna and Simon Kinberg.
Nothing has been revealed about the film’s plot, but with the two writers coming from very different backgrounds genre-wise, this information will be anxiously awaited.
McKenna’s writing has generally leaned towards the ‘chick flick’ category, with such films as The Devil Wears Prada and 27 Dresses to her name. Kinberg, on the other hand, tends more towards the action-drama side of things, with Mr. and Mrs. Smith and X-Men: The Last Stand both to his credit.
With such different areas of expertise, it will be interesting to see how the two writers managed to fuse their respective styles into something Paramount was so eager to snatch up.
McKenna and Kinberg worked with Bad Robot Productions execs J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk to sharpen the material before passing it on to Paramount, and the film will be produced under the Bad Robot name, with the company’s film chief serving as executive producer.
