Zombieland and G.I. Joe Retaliation writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have sold their futuristic spec screenplay Epsilon to Sony Pictures, according to THR, which is good news for them, as in the current economic climate, studios aren’t picking up many original scripts at all.
The story is set in a future where a robot uprising failed, causing the remaining machines to take refuge on a space station where they use humans as their guinea pigs. The plot focuses on a man who comes to realise he is more human than he once thought. The script was described as “ambitious” by one anonymous studio executive.
The script was sent out to studios on Monday, with Warner Bros. and DreamWorks also expressing strong interest. The writers’ deal with Sony is said to be in the $1 million range.