FilmNation acquires 'Moon Disaster' spec

FilmNation Entertainment will the moon, nipping up Mike Johnson thriller spec script "In case of a Moon Disaster."FilmNation principal Glen Basner confirmed the purchase Monday and told Variety the budget about the project is going to be north of $35 million, making "Moon" the biggest Filmnation production up to now. The business's likely to go to company directors shortly.FilmNation principal Aaron Ryder will produce and Basner will manage worldwide sales.Story will concentrate on a modified version from the first moon mission, by which disaster hits the astronauts. In the Apollo 11 mission on This summer 20, 1969, Neil Remedy and Buzz Aldrin spent two hrs about the lunar surface.Johnson was signed this past year for Sony's CGI "Popeye" bigscreen project. Johnson arrived the writing gig according to his script "The Minotaur Requires a Cigarette Break."Johnson told Variety he was inspired by finding an address compiled by William Safire for Leader Nixon to provide when the astronauts were not able to really make it to Earth."It's actually a harrowing speech also it really was useful in pushing me towards creating the storyline,Inch he added. "It isn't a monsters about the moon story but more within the vein of 'The Search for Red-colored October.'"FilmNation has finished "House in the Finish from the Street" and "The Raven."Johnson is repped by CAA and also the Gotham Group. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com