NEW YORK -- Intrepid Pictures is charging into the apocalypse, acquiring the action thriller script "The Fourth Horseman" with F. Paul Benz and Steve Tomlin set for a rewrite.
The film centers on a young priest sent by his church's secret order to kill a teenage girl. She is believed to be the future mother of the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse, destined to join siblings War, Pestilence and Famine in destroying the world. But when the priest becomes romantically involved with his target and she becomes pregnant, he's forced to face the possibility that he may have spawned the child from hell.
The project will be produced by Intrepid founders Marc D. Evans and Trevor Macy with Mike Karz ("Malibu's Most Wanted"). The original screenplay by Marshall E. Uzzle and Perry Fair was brought to Intrepid by vp Katherine Brown.
According to Macy, Intrepid is developing the script with hopes of producing and co-financing it through the company's nonexclusive first-look deal with Rogue Pictures and Universal Pictures.
The film centers on a young priest sent by his church's secret order to kill a teenage girl. She is believed to be the future mother of the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse, destined to join siblings War, Pestilence and Famine in destroying the world. But when the priest becomes romantically involved with his target and she becomes pregnant, he's forced to face the possibility that he may have spawned the child from hell.
The project will be produced by Intrepid founders Marc D. Evans and Trevor Macy with Mike Karz ("Malibu's Most Wanted"). The original screenplay by Marshall E. Uzzle and Perry Fair was brought to Intrepid by vp Katherine Brown.
According to Macy, Intrepid is developing the script with hopes of producing and co-financing it through the company's nonexclusive first-look deal with Rogue Pictures and Universal Pictures.
- 8/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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