King of the Rom Com Richard Curtis is back in the saddle again to ‘ABOUT TIME’, a low budget time travel movie from his own script.
The project is in preproduction with Working Title Films, the Universal-owned production house led by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.
Bevan has said casting is under way for the project and hopes it will go before the cameras ‘sometime this summer.’
The film is an an anticipated event for the British industry, uniting a very renowned writer with Working Title again after the two last worked together on Curtis’ big-screen directorial sophomore effort, 2009’s THE BOAT THAT ROCKED.
Curtis most recently penned the screenplay for Steven Spielberg’s WAR HORSE and has also (rather aptly) written an episode of the BBC’s DOCTOR WHO.
He is expected to direct the time-travel dramady ahead of other projects he is working on which include a fresh collaboration with fellow writer Ben Elton with whom he created the cult comedy BLACKADDER and TRASH. They are penning a script for Oscar nominated Stephen Daldry to direct.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
