EXCLUSIVE : In a sign that studios are willing to spend on big original ideas by proven hitmakers, Miramax has paid 7-figures upfront for London Ghost Tour . That is a high price for a pitch, a four quadrant film that will be written by Terry Rossio from a story he wrote with Jocelyn Stamat, with Josh Cooley attached to direct.

Cooley directed Transformers One and Toy Story 4 , and his credits include Up, Inside Out and other animated hits. Rossio’s script work includes the blockbusters Pirates of the Caribbean, National Treasure, Shrek, Aladdin and other tentpoles, culminating most recently with Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire . The collective gross on films he’s either scripted or co-written is around $12 billion.

Lorenzo DiBonaventura and Mark Vahradian are prod

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