Koepp to helm ‘Premium Rush’
Writer-director sets up big-budget actioner at Sony
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Koepp, who most recently directed the Ricky Gervais starrer "Ghost Town" for DreamWorks, will helm "Premium Rush" for Columbia Pictures from a screenplay he penned with his frequent collaborator John Kamps.
Gavin Polone ("Zombieland") is producing, marking the fifth project on which he has worked with Koepp.
Story centers on a twentysomething New York City
bike messenger who picks up an envelope at Columbia U. A dirty cop is desperate to get his hands on the envelope and chases the bike messenger throughout the city.
Unlike the modestly budgeted "Ghost Town" -- a $20 million pic -- "Premium Rush" is being conceived as a big-budget actioner, much like the films Koepp is known for penning, and will feature the kind of elaborate chases associated with a William Friedkin pic.
Sony is fast-tracking "Premium Rush" and is looking to cast a leading man soon.
As a scribe, Koepp is known for working on some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, including "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and "Spider-Man."
