Disney, Bruckheimer Take Lead on ‘Lightspeed’

“Deja Vu” writers Terry Rossio and Bill Marsilli have sold their pitch for an epic space adventure for low-seven figures against $3.5 million

In a bit of deja vu, screenwriters Terry Rossio and Bill Marsilli have sold their pitch for an epic space adventure to Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films for a whopping low-seven figures against $3.5 million, reports Variety.

Titled "Lightspeed," the story follows a young pilot who earns a spot on the Earth Interstellar Racing Team and must take his ship on a dangerous journey across the galaxy on the brink of war. Bruckheimer apparently envisions the potentially 3D project as a live-action adventure.

Rossio and Marsilli previously wrote the Tony Scott thriller "Deja Vu," which marked the highest spec sale of all-time when Disney and Bruckheimer paid mid-seven figures for the script in 2004.

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