Fox is coming aboard to co-finance and partner on DreamWorks’ Robopocalypse, Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi epic that will open around the world on July 3, 2013.
Disney will distribute the film domestically, while Fox will release the movie internationallly.
Robopocalypse, based on the book of the same name byDaniel H. Wilson, reunites Fox and Spielberg, who worked together on Minority Report.
“I am so pleased that Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos[co-chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment] see the exciting opportunities in Robopocalypse that we originally saw when we bought the rights to the book,” said Spielberg.”We had a successful relationship with them when we made Minority Report and we hope we can deliver another film that will give today’s global audiences something thrilling.”