EXCLUSIVE: Three-time Finest Image nominated producer Robert Lorenz (American Sniper) is ready to direct airplane thriller Papa Alpha Heavy for former MGM and Sony exec Eric Paquette, Aaron Barnett, and Brian O’Shea’s The Alternate.
The film will observe the story of a feminine airline pilot who wrests management of a 747 from a male captain caught in a extreme thunderstorm, leaving the airplane incommunicado. Her efforts to save lots of 300 passengers are additional sophisticated by suspicions of terrorism and a possible collision course with Chicago’s tallest skyscraper.
Presently casting, the companions are concentrating on a Q3, 2024, begin date. The unique screenplay is by Michael Walker, whose books embody Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story Of Rock And Roll’s Legendary Neighborhood.
Lorenz most just lately directed Venice Movie Competition title In The Land Of Saints And Sinners and The Marksman, each of which starred Liam Neeson. He has beforehand been a producer on motion pictures together with Mystic River, Letters From Iwo Jima and American Sniper.
Meridian Footage just lately produced Joel Kinnaman and Mark Sturdy movie The Silent Hour.
Lorenz is represented by UTA and Keith G. Fleer and Walker by lawyer Nelson Davis LLP.