Skydance Ties Up Global Deal For Chris Pratt & McG Movie ‘The Way Of The Warrior Kid’ Marking Biggest Film Market Pact In Years
06.06.2024 - 14:13
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EXCLUSIVE: In-between its month’s long courting of Paramount, Skydance has found time to make what we understand to be an $80-$85M global deal for Chris Pratt Cannes package The Way Of The Warrior Kid.
We make this the single biggest package deal out of a film market since Apple splashed on Emancipation back in 2020. UTA Independent Film Group brokered the deal.
As we revealed ahead of last month’s Cannes market, Jurassic World star Pratt is teaming with director McG (Charlie’s Angels, The Babysitter) on the in-demand project, which is lining up a summer start. The Will Staples (Without Remorse) script is adapted from the kids novel by Jock Willink, the retired Navy SEAL who found a second career as a wildly popular podcast host, author and motivational speaker. Additional casting is in process. Skydance will bring the project to Apple through its overall deal there.
The youth empowerment tale follows a self-doubting boy who gets bullied and is hard pressed to complete a single pull-up. That’s until his uncle Jake, an elite Navy SEAL, is injured on a mission and moves in with his sister for rehab. When he discovers his 11 year old nephew Marc is struggling academically, socially and physically, Jake takes on a new mission: using his SEAL Team training over three months of summer to help the youth find his inner warrior.
Although the kid learns about swimming, math, exercise, health, and fighting, the book isn’t only about those things. It’s as much about what can be achieved with focus and discipline and how to overcome fears, stand up for oneself, solve problems and develop confidence.
Skydance saw the project early and were hot on it even before it hit the Croisette (the company itself wasn’t on the Riviera). A
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