Warner Bros. just closed a deal to pick up the Skydance-produced project.
Gerard Butler is attached to star in Geostorm, a sci-fi adventure feature written and to be directed by Dean Devlin.
The story sees Butler playing a stubborn but charming satellite designer who, when the world’s climate-controlling satellites malfunction, has to work together with his estranged brother to save the world from a man-made storm of epic proportions. A trip into space follows, while on Earth a plot to assassinate the president begins to unfold.
The material is in Devlin’s wheelhouse. He co-wrote such destruction-laden pics as
Independence Day and Godzilla. Geostorm would be Devlin’s feature directorial debut, though he previously helmed episodes of TV’s Leverage.
Ellison is producing with Skydance’s Dana Goldberg and Electric partners Marc Roskin and Rachel Olschan. Paul Schwake will exec produce.
Jon Berg is overseeing for the studio.
Butler is shooting Gods of Egypt for Summit and is due to star in Alcon’s remake of Point Break, which will film this spring and summer. Geostorm would begin production this fall.
He is repped by CAA and Alan Siegel Entertainment.
Warner Bros. has picked up the project, which initially was being developed independently by David Ellison’s Skydance Productions. Skydance remains involved and is producing with Devlin’s Electric Entertainment.