Hereafter coming to DreamWorks

Posted by bob in Films, News on April 1st, 2008

Screenwriter Peter Morgan (The Queen) scored a sweet payday when his spec script for Hereafter sold to DreamWorks. The multi-million dollar deal for the thriller made headlines on Thursday and it was also announced that the studio has turned production over to Kathleen Kennedy (Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull) through Kennedy/Marshall.Morgan wrote the script prior to his Oscar nomination for The Queen, making him a hot commodity. He described the story as being similar in tone to The Sixth Sense.