New Line winds 'Watch'
Wong to rewrite and helm horror pic
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Matt LeBlanc and John Goldstone are producing through their Fort Hill Prods. shingle.
It's the second go-around on the film for New Line, which bought the project in 2001 as a script by John Claflin and Daniel Zelman, with Verna Harrah's Middle Fork shingle producing. Studio eventually put it into turnaround.
Project got moving again with the involvement of LeBlanc and Goldstone; the latter developed the film with Harrah before forming a producing partnership with the ex-"Friends" star. They continued to develop "The Watch" and got New Line to reacquire it when they landed Wong, who directed "Final Destination" and "Final Destination 3" for the studio.
Film is on a fast track. Story focuses on a team of soldiers sent on a mission that can help end World War II and battle a supernatural force.
Harrah will be exec producer. Wong just produced a remake of "Black Christmas."
