'Tron: Legacy' Producer And 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Writer Team For Disney's 'Terra Incognita'

Briefly: The only thing constant in Hollywood is change. A few years ago it was looking like we were going to see little from major studios but big-name tentpole movies based on existing properties. And while those films are still being produced, there's a strong trend now towards tentpoles that are either original or based on more hardcore properties as well. Just look at films like All You Need is Kill, Oblivion, After Earth, and Ender's Game. In short, it's a good time for big sci-fi on movie screens.

Now Disney — which cut loose Oblivion, you'll recall — is pairing Nicole Perlman, one of the Guardians of the Galaxy writers, with Justin Springer, a producer on Tron: Legacy, to create Terra Incognita. The original pitch hasn't been revealed, but given the meaning of that Latin phrase ("unknown land") and the people involved, there's the assumption that this is a new piece of original sci-fi from Disney. At the very least, it is an original project, and could end up being something that fans of big genre projects will be interested in. [Variety]