Pitch sale: “Skyscraper”
Universal Pictures snare action-disaster pitch “Skyscraper” from writer Mike Sobel:
The story, like that of “Towering Inferno,” is set in the world’s first mile-high skyscraper, fictionally built in Chicago, and centers on the Donald Trump-style developer as well as on the daring crew that rushes in to save the tower when it starts to falter.
Similar but different than The Towering Inferno (1974). Sobel also set up another disaster project:
Sobel, repped by APA and Underground Management, first hooked up with Moritz for “Animals,” his critter-filled horror disaster spec set up at Columbia in which all the planet’s animals, from wild creatures to pets, turn on humans.
Found out this additional information about Sobel:
Sobel, a former New York criminal lawyer, moved to Los Angeles 18 months ago to pursue a writing career.