Robert Zemeckis Plotting Spooky 'Charles Fort' at Universal (Exclusive)

Bryan Bedder/Getty Images Universal Pictures is plotting a spooky featurecalledCharles Fortwith producerRobert Zemeckis and film writer EvanSpiliotopoulos. Fort,that is being referred to by some who be aware of material like a "period Ghostbusters," may be the first project setup under Zemeckis and the Imagemovers' recently minted first-look cope with the studio. PHOTOS: Comic-Book Figures in Dispute Charles Fort was an earlier-twentieth-century American investigator and author whose focus was "anomalous phenomena" and also the inexplicable. Books Fort authored like the Book from the Damned (1919) and New Lands (1923) were a few of the first to understand more about from levitation and teleportation to alien abduction along with other paranormal hobbies. Fort was basically a curious skeptic who loved collecting data to aid explanations for stuff that he felt were believe it or not possible compared to scientifically recognized ones. PHOTOS: Legendary Horror Movies Dark Equine Comics released a four-problem series in 2002 entitled Fort: Prophet from the Inexplicable, which switched Fort into an adventurous investigator tangling with aliens and murderers consequently-of-the-nineteenth-century NY City. Additionally to Zemeckis, Dark Equine's Mike Richardson is creating the film, much like Imagemovers partners Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey. Dark Equine's Keith Goldberg is going to be a professional producer. Scott Bernstein is managing for that studio. Repped by UTA and manager D.J. Talbot, Spiliotopoulos done the script for that Universal film Snow Whitened and also the Huntsman, that is filming let's focus on a June release. The CAA-repped Zemeckis is preparing to direct the dramaFlight for Vital this fall. Like a producer, he most lately created Real Steel, Mars Needs Moms along with a Christmas Carol, that they also authored and directed. Dark Equine Entertainment also offers an adaptation of their comicR.I.P.D. in production at Universal for any summer time 2013 release. The author from the source material, Peter M. Lenkov, produced the Fort comics too.Hellboy II: The Golden Military(2008) and thirty days of Evening(2007) were also according to Dark Equine comics. Robert Zemeckis Universal Pictures