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Netflix Developing End-Of-The-World Movie ‘Dawn’ Based On Neal Shusterman Story; ‘A Minecraft Movie’s Neil Widener & Gavin James Adapting


Netflix is developing a feature adaption of 'Dawn,' an end-of-the-world short story by Neal Shusterman, for film.

Neal ShustermanGaby Gerster While a logline wasn’t disclosed, sources described this as a story involving a family’s effort to survive amid solar flares that begin destroying planet Earth. Widener & James were two of the writers on WB/Legendary’s smash A Minecraft Movie, which opened to a record-breaking $163M, making it the biggest video-game adaptation of all time. On the heels of that, they sold an original feature pitch entitled Fortune, in a competitive situation, to Skydance with Jerry Bruckheimer producing and Alan Ritchson to star.

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