21 November 2008 2:02 AM, PST | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news
Director Peter Segal and his Callahan Filmworks partner Michael Ewing have signed a three-year first-look deal with Warner Brothers, report the trades. Segal’s credits include Tommy Boy, Anger Management and this past summer’s Get Smart. Segal and Ewing kick off the pact with Liam McBain: International Tennis Star and Proper English Geezer. The film follows the rise, fall and ultimate redemption of a fictional British tennis star of the '80s. It was written by Chip Hall (TV’s King of the Hill) and Segal is developing the project with plans to direct. As part of the deal, WB has also acquired the John August-scripted Captain Marvel, an adaptation of the DC comic that Segal will direct. He and Ewing began working on the film two years ago at New Line. It tells the story of teenaged Billy Batson, who transforms into the superhero when he says the word "Shazam!
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