Neal Purvis and Robert Wade will pen the remake of KOJAK for Universal Pictures.
Story follows a streetwise police lieutenant who outwits criminals, and is based on the 1970’s show by Abby Mann. Vin Diesel is starring.
Producing will be One Race Films.
Purvis and Wade have worked on numerous bond films including “Skyfall”, “Quantum of Solace”, “Casino Royale”, “Die Another Day” and “The World Is Not Enough”. More recently they’ve worked on a reboot of “Barbarella” as well as writing and producing upcoming project “Corsica ’72”.
They are repped by UTA.
