Marc Evans will oversee the project on behalf of Ziskin's production company. Ziskin brought the project to Columbia Executive Vice President of Production Matt Tolmach, who will oversee the project with Vice President of Production Rachel O'Connor. But as he unravels one conspiracy after another, he must decide between continuing to serve the government or overthrow it.Įidos is already developing a sequel to the franchise and expects to begin marketing and distributing the new game early next year.
JC Denton is a highly-trained, nano-technology enhanced counter-terrorist who is sworn to protect the government. Like the popular game, the film will be set in the year 2052 as the world confronts the threat of a crippling disease, economic collapse and the threat of global terrorism. The project will be developed and produced by Laura Ziskin, who most recently produced Spider-Man for the studio.Ĭolumbia secured the rights to the title from Eidos Interactive, the successful video gaming company responsible for developing such hit titles as 'Tomb Raider.' Greg Pruss is currently writing the screenplay. Columbia Pictures has optioned the rights to develop a science-fiction, action-adventure franchise based on the award-winning PC game 'Deus Ex,' as announced by Peter Schlessel, President of Production for Columbia Pictures.
