‘Paramount Pictures is in negotiations acquired the rights to the spec “Life on Mars”, based on the short story We Have Always Lived on Mars by Cecil Castellucci, with John Krasinski and Platinum Dunes on board to produce.
The project is based on a short story by graphic novelist Cecil Castellucci, “We Have Always Lived on Mars,” that centers on a woman who is among a handful of descendants of a Martian colony long-abandoned by Earth following a cataclysm. One day, the woman finds she can breathe the air on Mars, upending her world and that of her fellow colonists.
Krasinski and Platinum Dunes recently worked together on the smash hit “A Quiet Place” and the two have been looking to find another project on which to collaborate following the film’s success. Krasinski is currently not attached to star or direct yet. Krasinski is not expected to star in “Life on Mars.”
Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form will produce through Platinum Dunes.
Krasinski and Platinum Dunes are repped by WME.’
Via Variety
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