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Paramount, Bad Robot Set Scribes For ‘Boilerplate’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday November 3, 2011 @ 9:54am PDTTags: Dwayne Johnson, JJ Abrams, Mark Twain, Patrick McKay, Shawn Levy, Taylor Lautner
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures and JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot have hired JD Payne and Patrick McKay to write the script for Boilerplate, based on the Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett graphic novel Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel. Bad Robot will produce with Outlaw Productions’ Deborah Newmyer. The storyline: the robot Boilerplate was built in the late 19th Century to replace men in battle. The robot is depicted in the Spanish-American War and WWI, and is pictured Zelig-like in meetings with the likes of Teddy Roosevelt and Mark Twain.

The writers got on the map by scripting Goliath, the Old Testament tale that Relativity Media is developing, with speculation that Dwayne Johnson and Taylor Lautner could play the two main characters. They are also scripting Deadliest Warrior, based on the Spike TV series, which Shawn Levy is producing for Paramount. The scribes are repped by UTA and Kaplan/Perrone.

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Paramount Finds Its ‘Deadliest Warrior’ Scribes

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday January 20, 2011 @ 5:28pm PSTTags: John D. Payne, Paramount Pictures, Patrick McKay, Shawn Levy, Spike TV
Mike Fleming

Paramount Pictures has set the writing team of John D. Payne and Patrick McKay to script The Deadliest Warrior, a feature based on the Spike TV series. Shawn Levy and Dan Levine set it up at Paramount last fall … Read More »

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Relativity Tackles Goliath With Helmer Scott Derrickson

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday January 7, 2011 @ 12:39pm PSTTags: John D. Payne, Movie Deals, Movies, Patrick McKay, Relativity Media, Scott Derrickson
Mike Fleming

Relativity Media is in talks with Scott Derrickson to helm Goliath, a retelling of the Biblical tale of David and Goliath on a heightened 300 level. When the fierce warrior Goliath is sent to track down the foretold king of the Israelites, the young shepherd David gets thrust into an … Read More »

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