Five years on from The Book Of Eli, and following a dalliance with Akira and the collapse of **Motor City, Albert Hughes finally has his next project lined up. He'll direct **The Solutrean, under producer Jeff Robinov's new Studio 8 production banner.
Currently listed on the IMDb as "Untitled Caveman Project", the freshly-monikered Solutrean is an ambitious-sounding epic adventure set in the Ice Age. The unusual title refers to an Upper Palaeolithic-era industry - a cache of tools and art - first discovered in eastern-central France near Mâcon in 1866. The film's plot, involves a hunting expedition gone wrong and a yojng survivor's difficult journey home again.
It could be an Apocalypto, or a 10,000 BC, or a Pathfinder, but hopefully it won't encounter quite the difficulties of Alejandro Gonzalez-Inarritu's The Revenant. It should certainly look spectacular since it's being shot for IMAX 3D.
Hughes came up with the story, while relative newcomer Dan Wiedenhaupt turned it into screenplay form. Hughes' professional history with Robinov goes all the way to Menace 2 Society. Andrew Rona, who was involved with The Book Of Eli, is also producing.
The Solutrean is currently pencilled in for shooting either late this year or early next, in Canada and Iceland.