Willis ascending Schulman's 'Summit'
Thesp stars in new Relativity drama
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Laura Ziskin will produce the film, a co-production between her Laura Ziskin Prods. and Relativity, which arranged the film's financing. Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh and Lynwood Spinks will exec produce. Arclight is handling international financing.
Willis will play a radio host whose latenight show is devoted to songs and stories that promote the power of kindness. His devotion to redemption changes when a brutal crime affects his life, and his thoughts turn to vengeance.
Schulman, who won the Oscar for writing "Dead Poets Society," last directed "Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag." Ziskin previously worked with him on "What About Bob?"
Pic has already sold distribution rights to a number of countries, including Germany (Telepool), France (SND), Spain (Manga), Scandinavia (Nordisk), Benelux (Dutch Filmworks) and Eastern Europe (Revolutionary Releasing).
Relativity most recently facilitated a multipic co-financing deal for Warner Bros. Pictures and another deal for Marvel Enterprises, which secured a seven-year $525 million revolving credit facility with Merrill Lynch Commercial Finance Group. Relativity also exec produced and arranged financing for Mark Canton's Atmosphere to produce the George Romero-directed genre hit "Land of the Dead."
