Jurassic world director Colin Trevorrow teams up with Charmaine DeGraté, a writer and co-executive producer of HBO’s House of the Dragonto take a trip to Atlantis for Skydance.
Skydance has signed a deal with Trevorrow to direct and produce a title Atlantiswith DeGraté on board to write the screenplay.
Trevorrow will produce for Skydance along with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger through his Metronome Film Company.
Atlantis was previously in development at Universal, with Trevorrow directing and developing. Universal returned the project to Trevorrow in one go, and Skydance jumped at the chance to acquire the position. The previous version of the script, developed by Universal, was written by Dante Harper, who in 2017 worked on Alien: Covenant.
DeGraté and Trevorrow reimagined the project, though it still remains a fantasy adventure based on the legendary advanced civilization that sank and was subsequently lost to the elements, ancient gods, or man’s hubris.
DeGraté has established himself as one of the city’s up-and-coming writers thanks to bustling TV work. She was a writer and co-executive producer on House of the Dragonwhich is a result of winning a Golden Globe for Best Television Series, Drama, and she was a co-executive producer on Amazon’s upcoming rock band drama, Daisy Jones and the Six, starring Riley Keough and debuting in March. She also wrote and is a co-executive producer of the forthcoming Star Wars series created by Leslye Headland, The acolyte. This is her first feature film project.
Trevorrow directed last year’s Jurassic World Dominationthe third installment of the Jurassic world franchise. The movie grossed over $1 billion. He also directed the first episode, Jurassic worldrebooting the dinosaur monster movie series for the 21st century in 2015.
Trevorrow is represented by WME, Lev Ginsburg at Ginsburg Kallis. DeGraté is represented by UTA, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment and Hansen Jacobson.
