Earlier this morning we shared the news that Amazon's "Zombieland" was cancelled, but the director of that much-maligned project, Eli Craig, isn't slowing down as he already has a new project lined up at Universal.
The Hollywood Reporter dropped the news that Universal has picked up LITTLE EVIL, a dark comedy spec from TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL writer-director Eli Craig. Craig wrote the script and will direct the feature, which will be produced by Scott Stuber and his Universal-based Bluegrass Films.
At the moment the logline is being kept under wraps. Sources say the deal was in the seven figures.
Now if we could only get that TUCKER & DALE sequel we all want…