There’s no clue as to who exactly is describing Hyperdrive as The Fifth Element meets 48 Hrs, but the combination sounds fantastic, and that’s the two films The Hollywood Reporter is tossing out for context. According to them, Paramount just bought the script for the film, written by David Daniels and Tucker and Dale vs. Evil co-writer Morgan Jurgenson. The story focuses on a science fiction author who is asked by a cop to help track down a murder witness, but during the hunt, they “find themselves in the middle of a space opera playing out on Earth.” It sounds like it has the potential to be a big adventure, and it could have a lot of fictional science of a little, but the Hollywood sales pitch of tough crime meeting head on with insane sci-fi is definitely enough to perk some ears up. Plus, at a baser level, it’s always nice to see original sci-fi given a chance.

MGM chairperson Mary Parent needs something big to resurrect the once-great studio that is now mere days from imploding. It has to be big, steely and it must be in 3D! Of course, this doesn’t jive with everyone.

This may not all be brand new, but it is interesting. How do you feel about Darren Aronofsky directing a reboot of RoboCop? Yeah, we feel weird, too.