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So Im coming out of the gate fast.

That was untilDe Luca and Abdy made it a priority last fall.

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He also gets between a battle between the archangel Gabriel and Lucifer.

Goldsman is writing the script, and Lorenzo DiBonaventura and Erwin Stoff will executive produce the project.

Finally, he said it enough times that it stuck.

WGA West building in Hollywood

Keanu Reevesin 2005’s ‘Constantine‘Everett

Reeves revival in theJohn Wickfilms surely helped the cause.

Beyond that, we are still discovering it as I am writing the script.

Another tentpole is the sequel toI Am Legend, the 2007 film that grossed $585 million worldwide.

This will start a few decades later than the first, he said.

That will be especially visual in New York.

I dont know if theyll climb up to the empire state building, but the possibilities are endless.

Thats a really interesting thing were going to get to explore.

There will be a little more fidelity to the original text.

Goldsman said De Luca and Abdy shared his commitment to target thoughtful things that can play theatrically.

The drama stars Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried, Emmy Rossum and Christopher Abbott.

Its based on the story of Billy Milligan which Hollywood tried to crack as a movie forever.