Everest filmmaker Baltasar Kormakur is in talks to direct the MGM thriller Deeper, Variety reports.
The film follows a former astronaut, who was hired to take a submersible to the deepest part of the ocean. Supernatural events transpire as the vehicle gets closer to its destination.
The script, which sounds like a mix between The Abyss and DeepStar Six, is being described as having elements of Gravity.
Bright, Victor Frankenstein and Chronicle scribe Max Landis penned the script and will also produce with David Goyer, Kevin Turren, and Addictive Pictures.
Variety details the history of the project: MGM landed the project in 2016 when Bradley Cooper was attached to star. At one point, Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot was also in talks to join the cas. That version almost came to fruition with White God helmer Kornel Mundruczo, but they both exited the movie after Cooper’s schedule couldn’t come together. The studio shelved the project until they could find the right director to come on board. MGM hopes to add an actor with the stature of Cooper to star.
Production is expected to start this spring.