Aquaman director James Wan isn’t done piling on with producer priorities. Leave it to Deadline‘s exclusive report on Tuesday with Train To Busan now thrown in the mix with the rest of his workload.
The news comes just as remake dibs to the 2016 hit South Korean thriller – about a father and daughter among survivors swept into an epic struggle against a swarm of zombies on a Busan-bound train – is now up for grabs by several studios to the tune of about seven figures; As of Tuesday evening’s Collider report, New Line is currently poised to nab the rights.
Gaumont is developing the film as of 2016, this time with Wan on board to produce from a script by Annabelle and It franchise scribe Gary Dauberman. Yeon Sang-ho directed the original film earning up to $85 million overseas and $2 million in the U.S., and is currently poised to continue the saga with Bando (a.k.a. Peninsula).
Dauberman will make his directing debut on the next Annabelle installment in 2019 for New Line. Simulataneously, he and Wan are partnered on the upcoming DC Universe series, Swamp Thing which also arrives next year.
Wan’s more-than-full plate is topped with film titles in the works, including comic book adaptation Malignant Man, a partnership with Jason Blum on techno thriller, M3gan, a franchise reboot of Resident Evil, and a long-awaited cinematic revival of popular fighting game IP, Mortal Kombat.