
Director Alex Proyas (Dark City, I,Robot) and Summit Entertainment have landed Nic Cage to lead their thriller KNOWING, reports Variety. The story concept was created by Escape Artists producers Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal & Steve Tisch partnering up with novelist Ryne Pearson, who penned the first draft. Proyas and Stuart Hazeldine wrote the final draft for the project. The Escape Artists crew are producing while Aaron Kaplan and Sean Perrone are co-producers, and Norm Golightly and David Bloomfield are exec producers. Production begins in Australia on March 17.
Plot Concept: Cage will play a teacher who examines the contents of a time capsule unearthed at his son's elementary school. Startling predictions in the time capsule that have already come true lead him to believe the world is going to end at the close of the week and that he and his son are somehow involved in the destruction.