Action Spec, KATE, Nabbed By Netflix, ‘Atomic Blonde’ Helmer Producing
Netflix has acquired new female-led speculative action thriller script, Kate, which is reportedly eyeing an April 2018 start date. Deadline’s latest exclusive on Thursday reveals $25 million dollar budget is being granted to the project, written by Umair Aleem (Extraction) which tells of a woman who has 24 hours to solve her own murder. Casting is underway for the film, described as a hard-boiled actioner in the vein of Kill Bill and La Femme Nikita, with a female protagonist akin to the ideal likes of Cate Blanchett and Lee Marvin. The news, currently the talk of the town among major studios according to Deadline, comes as the film looks toward gaining from the streaming company’s latest ambitious announcement to generate eighty feature films next year – in this case with spec scripts such as Kate which usually land in development hell – likely with quality control as its primary linchpin. “The normal […]