June 13, 2010
Writer Sells Animé Pitch to Legendary
“Shutter Island” screenwriter and “Avatar” executive producer Laeta Kalogridis sold a pitch for “Technotise,” an adaptation of the Serbian anime “Technotise – Edit i Ja” to Legendary Pictures, which bought Kalogridis’ pitch for a low-seven-figures. Not only will Kalogridis produce the film alongside Rae Sanchini, Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni, but she will be writing the screenplay about “a failing art student who decides to get a chip implant to circumvent studying but gets more than she bargained for.” Scott Glassgold and his partner Raymond Brothers, the duo who got the ball rolling on this whole thing months ago, will executive produce as well.
http://www.cinematical.com/2010/06/13/legendary-to-adapt-technotise-based-off-fan-made-trailer/
Posted in: Avatar, Jon Jasni, Laeta Kalogridis, Legendary Pictures, Rae Sanchini, Raymond Brothers, Scott Glassgold, Shutter Island, Technotise, Technotise - Edit i Ja, Thomas Tull