Syfy films circle 'Day 38'

Syfy Films is developing "Day 38" which is noisy . talks with Micrograms and Mary Viola to produce, and Richard Player to direct the found-footage thriller. Project, scripted by Chris Rossi and Gabe Scott, was produced in-house at McG's Wonderland Appear and Vision with Player -- a noted commercial director whose latest campaigns include Sim cards, Activision and Producers. It's Wonderland's/McG's first partnership with Syfy. Story is told from the objective of take a look at several stormchasers who face a Category 5 tornado and uncover themselves fighting a pressure much more than Character. Year-old SyFy Films, created just like a venture between Universal and SyFy Endeavors, made its first offer October if the bought feature rights to George R.R. Martin's superhero anthology "Wild Cards" and attracted on Melinda Snodgrass to pen the script. Variety reported Friday that SyFy Films senior V . p . Gregory Noveck made the sale for "Day 38" with APA, which repped the writing team. Micrograms directed "This Means War," which Fox opens Feb. 17. Scott written and directed "The Sentient," a nine-minute film exceeding 80 vfx shots that was put into November with Quincy Pictures using the aim of developing a complete-length feature. Crew incorporated Oscar nominees Randy Kerber as composer, Scott E. Anderson on VFX and Ron Kline as appear mixer. Scott is handled by Dork Brown of Artist Worldwide. Rossi's handled by Jennifer Levine at Untitled Entertainment. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com