Universal Pictures has picked up the rights to 'Outside the Box,' an adventure project from Adam B. Stein and Zach Lipovsky
, an adventure project from Adam B. Stein and Zach Lipovsky, the rising filmmakers behind the upcoming sci-fi thrillerDavid Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films, who have a first-look with Universal, are attached to produce the film.While the studio is keeping the logline inside the box, the project is said to be a family adventure with fantasy elements in the tone of the movies made by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin banner in the 1980s.
, their buzzy feature that sold at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018 in a bidding war. The movie, starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern and Lexy Kolker, will be released Sept. 13 and tells oa young girl who may be more than she seems and who ventures out of the house she's been locked in by her father. The indie has racked up several awards on the festival circuit and has garnered comparisons to early Spielberg films.
Stein and Lipovsky, repped by Verve, Ground Control and Lichter Grossman, has been busy while awaitingand earning an Emmy nomination for their work on Disney XD hit,starring Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne, which is coming off screening at Telluride Film festival and Toronto International Film Festival. The company is known for its hitsSign up for Heat Vision's weekly newsletter for all things comics, sci-fi and more.
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