Rights to producer-scribe Irving Belateche's noir-thriller pitch "Combustion" have gone to 72 Prods.
Details are under wraps, but pic follows a loner G.I. back from WWII who investigates the murder of a fellow soldier, leading him to a conspiracy and cover-up.
An insider to the deal put the sale at just above six figures.
Jennifer Chaiken and Sebastian Dungan are producing for 72 Prods., with Andy Cohen exec producing.
Belateche's projects include "Expecting" at Spyglass, "The Demolished Man" for Paramount and "The Crimson Veil" at Odd Lot, with Lawrence Bender producing.
Shingle is producing the feature film adaptation of former U.S. Marine Capt. Brian Steidle's memoir about serving in Darfur, "The Devil Came on Horseback."
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