Warner Bros. Pictures said Monday that it has acquired the rights to the prehistoric epic "10,000 B.C.," which was put into turnaround by Sony Pictures Entertainment says The Hollywood Reporter.

The film, which chronicles the journey of a young tribal mammoth hunter at the dawn of modern man, will be directed by Roland Emmerich ("The Day After Tomorrow").

source-based Legendary Pictures is in negotiations to co-finance. Production will begin in the spring in South Africa and Namibia.