In an interesting movie at Universal Pictures, Verbinski has opted out of directing but will stay on as producer. According to Variety, Gore stepped out due to the film being shot abroad to get tax credits.

The new director that is now in talks with Universal is Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Fresnadillo is fairly new. The only movie you may have heard of is “28 Weeks Later”.

The deal is contingent on Take-Two approving. It’s great to see that the game studio will get a say.