Apple Original Films Wins Auction For ‘The Corsair Code’; Chris Hemsworth To Star & Jonathan Tropper Adapting His Sci-Fi Short Story
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Apple Original Films has won a spirited auction to land The Corsair Code, an original feature film set to star Chris Hemsworth.
The film is based on a short story by Jonathan Tropper, which he brought to Hemsworth and his producing partner Ben Grayson.
Hemsworth and Grayson will produce through their Wild State shingle, and Apple Studios will serve as the studio. Tropper will write the screenplay and produce through his shingle Tropper Ink.
The Corsair Code is described as a high-octane, sci-fi mystery adventure, but they are keeping plot specifics under wraps. Tropper is already in business with an overall TV deal at Apple+ where he created and is the showrunner of Your Friends and Neighbors, which is in production, with Mad Men’s Jon Hamm the EP and star of the series.
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