David Self wrote the screenplay for what is intended as an epic film that will highlight various cultures, species and worlds beneath Earth's oceans. At the same time, it will tell the tale of Namor, a man who is torn between the world he grew up in and the world he belongs to.
"This is a giant project," Arad said. "Chris and I have been talking about this for six years, and once he saw where we were going with it and the world we were going to create, he jumped in."
Said Misher in a statement, "One of Marvel's original characters, the Sub-Mariner provides the opportunity to take the audience to the last unexplored region of Earth: the bottom of the ocean."
There has been a flurry of activity in comic book movies in the past week and a half. Earlier this week, it was announced that Nick Cassavetes would direct New Line Cinema's adaptation of Marvel Comics hero Iron Man (HR 11/30), and last week Paul Greengrass stepped in to helm the seminal comic "The Watchmen," which is set up at Paramount Pictures.
"Sub-Mariner" will be overseen at Universal by Mary Parent, the studio's vice chairman worldwide production, and Damien Saccani, vp production. At Marvel the movie will be overseen by Kevin Feige and Ari Arad.
