Summit Entertainment has given life to "The Tomb," buying Miles Chapman's script and signing Jeff Wadlow to direct.
Story centers on the world's foremost authority on structural security, who's forced to escape from the master prison of his own design and use every trick up his sleeve to find the person who put him there. Jason Keller is rewriting.
Project marks Wadlow's second collaboration with Summit following "Never Back Down." That film, which he helmed, opened earlier this month as Summit's first inhouse production to go into theaters.
Summit prexy of production Erik Feig said he's hopeful that "The Tomb" can serve as a franchise starter, with the protag as an action hero who uses brains, not brawn, to get out of trouble.
Wadlow also co-wrote and directed "Cry Wolf," and Keller rewrote the screenplay for "The Tourist."
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