Posted: Tue., Mar. 22, 2005, 9:00pm PT

Affleck, Neo capture 'Time'

Greenlight deal gives auds chance to explore 'Travel'

HOLLYWOOD -- In a deal that grew out of "Project Greenlight," Ben Affleck and Neo Art & Logic partners Joel Soisson and Mike Leahy have optioned Rick Carr's script "Does Anybody Here Remember When Hanz Gubenstein Invented Time Travel?"

Sci-fi comedy was one of three final scripts under consideration to be produced for the third season of "Greenlight," which airs on Bravo.

Instead, series is following the production of horror pic "Feast," penned by Marcus Dunston and Patrick Melton, which Dimension Films will release this fall. Soisson and Leahy are producing the pic, along with Affleck and Matt Damon.

The other losing finalist, "Wildcard" by Marshal Moseley, was optioned by Wes Craven through his Craven/Maddalena Films shingle.


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