Driverless Car Race Movie Updates

Thu., Feb. 19, 2015

from Deadline

Gore Verbinski, Steve Conrad Set Driverless Car Race Pitch At Sony

Sony Pictures has acquired an untitled pitch that Steve Conrad will write and Gore Verbinski will direct.

• changed the production status to Development
• added "Untitled Steve Conrad Car Project" as an also known as title
• added Steve Conrad as producer to credits
• added Sony Pictures as a distributor
• added road trip as genre
• added Gore Verbinski as director to credits
• added a synopsis

• A transcontinental car race with autonomous vehicles originates as a beta test to vet competing software companies that will take the lead on futuristic driver-less vehicles. The trial run devolves into major road race after the competitive nature of... show all the start-ups trumps their altruistic intentions. The subjects, normal people who are passengers in these cars, eventually try to take control of the experiment. A simple trek from Paris to Beijing, goes awry as vehicles head off the road and off the grid, getting into all kinds of trouble.

• created the movie profile