MUMBAI: Jeff Wadlow and Summit Entertainment remain in business together, but they‘ve chosen a different project. Wadlow has been signed to direct Arena, a sci-fi action film.
Wadlow, who helmed the 2008 release Never Back Down for the studio, had been working on the prison-escape action project The Tomb for Summit but when the project got stalled, Summit moved him to Arena.
The film revolves around a group of modern-day soldiers transported to a shifting landscape, where they are forced to face off against the best warriors from different eras in gladitorial battle.
The film is being produced by Chris Bender and J.C. Spink of BenderSpink and Jim Thompson of Original Content along with Alex Franklin and Jonah Loop of Pangea Pictures.
Summit recently released Twilight, Push, Knowing and Next Day Air. It‘s horror film Pandorum is expected to hit theatres in September.
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