Tony Scott eyes 'Narco Sub' at Fox

ScottGuggenheimKinberg Who mentioned nobody in Hollywood was working over Thanksgiving?last century Fox used the holiday weekend to seal a preemptive deal for David Guggenheim's action thriller spec "Narco Sub," which Tony Scott is installed on direct and convey through his Scott Free shingle, along with Simon Kinberg via his Genre Films banner.Known to as much like Scott's hit action photos "Crimson Tide" and "Guy burning,Inch the project's plot particulars are increasingly being saved under systems. Nonetheless, narco subs are semi-submersible crafts that South American drug cartels accustomed to smuggle cocaine to the U.S.Guggenheim developed the script with producer Kinberg, who then gave the spec exclusively to Scott. Priority project is becoming being fast-supervised 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.Inside the a year ago . 5, former Us Weekly editor Guggenheim has generated themselves one of the most popular action scribes around. Next season sees the release of Universal's "Safe House," which stars Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, additionally to Millennium Films' "Stolen," toplined by Nicolas Cage. Guggenheim also written "Puzzle Structure" for Summit, which Micrograms just signed onto direct, which he just offered the pitch "364" to Universal Pictures with Ron Howard installed on direct.In addition, Guggenheim just written the script "Santiago" for Fox, which Kinberg may also be creating. "I'm so excited being coping with David again," mentioned Kinberg. "We now have stood a great experience on Santiago, and he's crafted another truly original, riveting action movie with wealthy figures together with a global we now have never observed on-screen. It's been a long-term imagine mine to make use of Tony Scott. His films certainly are a huge part of why I obtained into making movies to start with. I am unable to wait to find out him to use it, and obtain the chance to achieve understanding in the master in the genre." Scott last directed Fox's actioner "Easy" which is installed on direct biker pic "Hell's Angels" for your studio. Kinberg co-written and produced Fox's approaching action comedy "This Means War" and produced the studio's adaptation of "Abraham Lincoln subsequently 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 Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com