Though his plate would seem to be full at the moment, what with plans for the Kingsman sequel moving forward and his recent attachment to espionage novel adaptation I Am Pilgrim, 20th Century Fox has picked up spec script Ascension for Matthew Vaughn to consider producing, developing and even directing.
According to Deadline, no deal has been hatched yet, but the director certainly seems interested. Ascension, a spec script written by Shannon Triplett is being pitched as a large-scale sci-fi disaster movie in which a scientist must save the world when gravity is somehow removed from Earth. Which rather makes us think that the film would be over quickly given how much we rely on gravity to stop us all floating into space and dying. Perhaps they'll shave down the budget by making it that all copies of Gravity are removed from Earth and Sandra Bullock must team up with George Clooney to investigate what happened.
However it works out, Vaughn will likely be involved in some capacity, even if he hands it off to someone else to make. Or it sits in his development folder alongside the likes of more Kick-Ass films, a new Flash Gordon and Lexicon. Vaughn’s latest producing gig, sports biopic Eddie The Eagle, which stars Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman, is out in the Sates on April 29 but has yet to lock down a UK release slot.