Tamahori has 'Deathlok' on Par-Marvel pic
Lee Tamahori has come aboard to direct a big-screen version of the Marvel Comics property "Deathlok" for Paramount Pictures and Avi Arad's Marvel Studios. There is no start date for the project yet. "Deathlok" reunites the helmer with Paramount, for whom he directed the 2001 feature "Along Came a Spider" and is developing the action-thriller "The Guide." Written by Stu Zicherman and Raven Metzner, "Deathlok" is described as "Robocop" meets "The Manchurian Candidate." It is about a suburban family man who is unwittingly made a test subject for technology research that slowly turns him into a living computer. Arad is producing the project with Steven Paul and his Crystal Sky Prods., the latter of which has a co-production and co-financing deal with Paramount. Marvel and Paramount first joined forces on "Deathlok" two years ago, marking their first collaboration together (HR 8/31/01). Tamahori, repped by ICM and the law firm Armstrong Hirsch Jackoway Tyerman and Wertheimer, most recently directed MGM's "Die Another Day." He also is developing MGM/Lakeshore Entertainment's "Risk Addiction" (HR 6/4). (Zorianna Kit)