Ghosted director Dexter Fletcher and Skydance reunite in Fountain Of Youth, with James Vanderbilt writing the script

EXCLUSIVE: With their highly anticipated action rom-com ghostlyNext month, Skydance and director Dexter Fletcher appear to have already found their next project, as the studio inked a deal with Dexter Fletcher to helm the upcoming feature film project. Fountain of youth written by James Vanderbilt. Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger produce, along with Tripp Vinson, Project X Entertainment’s James Vanderbilt, William Sherak and Paul Neinstein. Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett and Chad Villella) and Dalia Ibelhauptaitė will serve as executive producers. Matt Grimm will oversee the Skydance project.

For now, the exact details of the plot are being kept under wraps, except that it will revolve around the mythical place where you will live forever if you drink from it. The film reunites Fletcher with skydancing after he recently directed the upcoming romantic action flick ghostly starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas and will premiere on Apple TV+ on April 21, 2023. The film’s trailer was released earlier this week and instantly became a top trending topic on social media to build anticipation for the film.

Fletcher is best known for directing the Oscar-winning Elton John musical rocket man. In 2018, Fletcher took over directing the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, which won four Oscars, including Best Actor for Rami Malek. Fletcher also previously directed Eddie the eagle Released in 2016 and the musical in 2013 Sunshine on Leith. Fletcher is repped by CAA.

Writer-producer James Vanderbilt is set to release several high-profile projects in March with the anticipated sequel shout 6 He wrote another follow-up project that he wrote in Netflix Crime 2and the first series produced in Netflix with its Project X Entertainment partners The night agent. Vanderbilt’s previous screenwriting credits include cross-genre films such as zodiac, The Amazing Spider-Man, thriller And Shout (2022). He is represented by WME.

Coming from the highly successful Top Gun: MaverickSkydance’s upcoming live-action film follows the seventh and eighth installments of the hugely popular film Impossible mission series along with ghostly, The family plan, the gap for AppleTV+ and The Old Guard 2, heart of stoneand a reinterpretation of the successful year 2001 spy kids franchise for Netflix.