Dino and Martha De Laurentiis will partner with German investors for the feature "The Swarm", based on author Frank Schatzing's novel.
Ted Tally will script the adaptation.
Producers are Michael Souvignier, Ica Souvignier and Till Gronemeyer.
The Souvigniers are financing development of the screenplay through their Zeitspring Entertainment, with Universal offering a 'first-look' deal.
Premise of the story follows an 'alien presence' existing on the ocean floor that is compelled to destroy humanity after its eco-system is disrupted by pollution.
Ted Tally will script the adaptation.
Producers are Michael Souvignier, Ica Souvignier and Till Gronemeyer.
The Souvigniers are financing development of the screenplay through their Zeitspring Entertainment, with Universal offering a 'first-look' deal.
Premise of the story follows an 'alien presence' existing on the ocean floor that is compelled to destroy humanity after its eco-system is disrupted by pollution.