New Line nabs Peter Morgan heist pic

MorganKinbergNew Line Cinema has acquired a completely new untitled heist film put together by Peter Morgan ("The EntireInch) which will be produced by Simon Kinberg through his Genre Films banner.Affiliates tell Variety the smoothness-driven story is occur America featuring two strong male leads inside the vein of "Warmth" and "The Departed."Brit scribe Morgan developed the script with Kinberg after meeting him london, where Kinberg produced "X-Males: Top Quality.In . Several art galleries were inside the mix but New Line topper Toby Emmerich strongly assaulted the project. Emmerich and New Line professionals Richard Brener and Walter Hamada are controlling the job for that organization.In little a minimum of annually, Kinberg has become probably the most prolific producers in Hollywood, additionally to last century Fox's producer to make use of it and genre films. He co-written and produced last century Fox's approaching action comedy "This Means War" and produced the studio's adaptation of "Abraham Lincoln subsequently subsequently: Vampire Hunter." Kinberg, who's also writing and creating the "X-Males: Top ClassInch follow-up additionally to making Luke Greenfield's approaching action comedy for Fox, just signed onto produce Fox's action thriller "Narco Sub," which Tony Scott is installed on direct in the script by David Guggenheim. Outdoors of Fox, Kinberg is creating Sony's Neill Blomkamp-directed sci-fi epic "Elysium" and Disney's Aline Brosh McKenna-scripted "Cinderella" project.Morgan might be the award-winning scribe behind "The Entire,Inch "The Ultimate King of Scotland," "Frost/Nixon" and "Hereafter." Scribe, who professional produced "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy," recently written Fernando Meirelles' "360." Morgan also written Ron Howard's approaching racing pic "Hurry" and co-written New Line's killer thriller "Solace," that "360" thesp Anthony Hopkins is installed on star. Morgan is presently scripting GK Films' biopic lately Full frontman Freddie Mercury.New Line is presently trying to find a director on "San Andreas 3d,Inch a sizable-budget disaster movie a great earthquake that devastates California. Company's next release will probably be Garry Marshall's romantic comedy "New Year's Eve" on 12 ,. 9.Morgan is repped by UTA, Independent Talent Group and attorney Alan Hergott, while CAA and attorney Karl Austen repetition Kinberg. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com