Paramount has acquired the original spec script 2084 from The Batman co-writer Mattson Tomlin, THR reports this week. The sci-fi film is being described as a “spiritual sister” to George Orwell’s classic 1984.
THR explains, “Details are scarce. The novel by George Orwell depicted a totalitarian state filled with propaganda and surveillance run by a leader known as Big Brother. A forbidden love was an aspect of the story.”
The project has also been compared to both The Matrix and Inception.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers) will produce the film.