Jacob?s Ladder
From variety.com
In the middle of announcing that Transit (a family road trip thriller) has just been picked up by Thousand Words, it was revealed that Lionsgate is planning a remake of Adrian Lyne?s 1990 classic Jacob?s Ladder. Quite frankly, I loved that film and feel there is no need to recreate it. However, I can?t help but wonder how it would pan out as a remake. Jacob?s ladder centers on ?A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him.?
According to variety.com, Thousand Words has nabbed Transit, a spec thriller by Michael Gilvary about a family road trip gone horribly awry.
Palmer West and Jonah Smith, who last produced the untitled Larry Charles' religion project with Bill Maher, will produce with Alison Rosenzweig.
In Transit, a family driving through the desert is stalked by criminals who stashed stolen money in the family's car. The script will go out to directors shortly.
Besides the Charles/Maher project, currently in post-production, West and Smith produced Chris Gorak's Right at Your Door, which Lionsgate is releasing Aug. 24.
The duo also produced A Scanner Darkly and Requiem for a Dream.
Gilvary recently did a rewrite of Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama for Morgan Freeman's Revelations Entertainment. Whitewater Films will begin shooting his coming-of-ager Greta in the fall.
Rosenzweig has several projects in the works, including Darksiders at New Line, Sanctuary at Sobini/Lionsgate and a remake of Jacob's Ladder.
