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According to Deadline New York, Iron Man's Art Marcum and Matt Holloway are writing the picture with Jeremy Bolt, Fredrik Malmberg, Larry Abramson and George Furla attached to produce.
The plot for the film is being kept under wraps. No production start date has been announced.
Outer space fighter pilot character Buck Rogers first took flight in the 1920s and has appeared in a number of comic books, radio shows, movie serials and two TV series.
Anderson's 3D thriller Resident Evil: Afterlife arrives in US theatres on September 10.
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