Columbus Dives into Sub-Mariner
Universal Pictures has hired Chris Columbus to direct and produce the feature adaptation of Marvel Comics SUB-MARINER. Marvel Studios chairman-ceo Avi Arad and former Universal production president-turned-producer Kevin Misher will produce along with Columbus 1492 Prods. The films screenwriter David Self will serve as exec producer. Universal Pictures vice chair of worldwide production Mary Parent and vp of production Damien Saccani will shepherd the flick for the studio. The film will be based on Marvels first superhero, Prince Namor, a rebellious half-amphibian/half-man from Atlantis, who both helps and fights humankind, especially when they pollute the ocean.