We make this one of the single biggest package deals since Apple splashed onEmancipationback in 2020.
Additional casting is in process.
Skydance will bring the project to Apple through its overall deal there.
Chris Pratt, Jocko Willink, McG & Way of the Warrior Kid- From Wimpy to Warrior the Navy SEAL Way- A NovelGetty Images
UTA Independent Film Group was handling domestic/global and FilmNation was aboard for international.
Will Staples screenplay is incredible,Guardians of the Galaxy, AvengersandJurassic WorldstarPratt told Deadline in April.
I believe in the power of storytelling and felt particularly called to the material.
I have faith this film will help to shape todays youth, putting them on the right path.
Our young people need this movie.
Making films like this is why I created Indivisible Productions.
This is the kind of movie that can define a generation, likeKarate KidorRocky.
As a dad, this is the kind of movie I want to show my kids.
He decided to write a YA book after the ones he read to his own children came up wanting.
I spent my adult life in the military, the author told Deadline last month.
That whole time, I also had a wife and four kids.
The straw that broke the camels back was a pirate book.
And it was filled with the weakest, most pathetic pirates Id ever heard of in my life.
These are all things that are in the books.
McG is also known as an exec producer on hit TV series includingThe O.C.,SupernaturalandChuck.
The Skydance deal cements what was a pretty vibrant Cannes across the board in terms of deal-making.
Talks are ongoing on a number of packages and festival titles.
