Ice Cube is set to star in an untitled grounded sci-fi movie for Universal Pictures which has Timur Bekmambetov (“Searching”) producing. The project is said to be in the vein of “District 9” and tackles themes of privacy versus surveillance.
The project is said to have the look of commercial event film but at the budget of a contained thriller using new technology that will allow for a fully remote production with all actors and crew working from their individual separate locations.
Rich Lee will direct from a script by Kenneth Golde while Patrick Aiello also produces with shooting to begin next month. Cube was filming “Flint Strong” when the pandemic production pause hit, the plan is to get it back underway soon.
Source: Deadline
