Sony Picks Up Time-Travel Thriller 'THE PREDESTINATION' Starring Ethan Hawke

HeatVision reports that Sony has acquired time-travel thriller The Predestination. It will star Ethan Hawke (Lord of War) and see him re-team with his Daybreakers directors The Spierig Brothers. The pair of directors had previously been attached to helm The Dark Crystal 2 and a futuristic version of Captain Blood. While Daybreakers looked stunning the film lacked structure and solid performances. Hopefully this new film will be a stronger effort.

“The film chronicles the life of a temporal government agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to stop future killers.”

Ridley Scott's The Passage

Ridley Scott is a very very busy producer and director these days. He's just finished principle photography on Robin Hood and has multiple future projects in development. The projects include Alien 5, The Forever War, Monopoly and Brave New World. Now it's being reported that the director is in talks to helm The Passage. The film centers on a group of terminally ill patients who are cured after being bitten by South American bats. John Logan (Avaitor, Sweeny Todd) will develop a screenplay based on the novel by Justin Cronin. Logan previously worked with Ridley on Gladiator, so the re-teaming could make for an epic vampire film. While I understand this seems to be a recation to the feverish fandom of the Twilight series. Although vampire franchises such as Underworld and Blade have also done quite well, without pandering to tweens. My hope is that films such as Daybreakers will bring back the quality and lore back to the genre.