Smallville and Wednesday creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar have signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures to develop film projects through their Millar Gough Ink banner.

The two creatives, who recently wrote Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, have hired Aaron Schmidt has been hired as Head of Film at Millar Gough Ink, and he will spearhead development and production.

Schmidt previously oversaw development for Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg’s KatzSmith Productions, based at Warner Bros. He was also a producer on the Child’s Play reboot with Aubrey Plaza and Kung Fury with Michael Fassbender and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Gough shared in a statement: “The challenge that we all face today is what makes a movie theatrical?  Miles and I are excited to work with both new and established writers and filmmakers to create cinematic stories that audiences want to experience on the big screen.”

Millar added: “Al and I always gravitate to stories with spectacle and soul. While our focus is to write and produce big tent poles we are also fired up to create a diverse slate of kick ass movies including edgier genre pictures.”

Schmidt said: “Partnering with Sony Pictures and two formidable creators like Al and Miles, who know how to make you laugh, cry and scream, is a dream come true. Movies have always been a team sport and I look forward to collaborating with Tom, Sanford, Josh and their incredible divisions at the studio.”

Gough also said: “Aaron shares our passion for hands-on movie making and together we are excited to create projects that get people back into theaters.” 

Gough and Miller are a couple of really talented writers and filmmakers and I’m excited to see what kind of film projects that they develop while they’re over at Sony Pictures. I hope they develop some really cool original films.

Source: Deadline