MUMBAI: DreamWorks Studios has bought the rights of the Slater written airport-thriller that is being produced by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci who had earlier produced Eagle Eye for the company.

Motion Theory‘s Mathew Cullen and Sean Sorensen are executive producers, with Cullen attached to direct.

Slater recently wrote the screenplay for the Paramount/MTV Films thriller Handsome Devil.

Kurtzman and Orci, who have a first-look deal at DreamWorks, have also co-written and producing the studio‘s forthcoming action film Cowboys and Aliens that director Jon Favreau will begin shooting soon in New Mexico. The film is set for release in July next year.

The pair is also working on the screenplay for a Star Trek sequel for Paramount.