Syfy films circle 'Day 38'

Syfy Films is developing "Day 38" and it is at the begining of talks with Micrograms and Mary Viola to create, and Richard Player to direct the found-footage thriller. Project, scripted by Chris Rossi and Gabe Scott, was created in-house at McG's Wonderland Seem and Vision with Player -- a noted commercial director whose latest campaigns include Sim cards, Activision and Manufacturers. It's Wonderland's/McG's first partnership with Syfy. Story is told from the purpose of look at several stormchasers who face a Category 5 tornado and discover themselves battling a pressure even more than Nature. Year-old SyFy Films, produced like a venture between Universal and SyFy Endeavors, made its first offer October if this bought feature privileges to George R.R. Martin's super hero anthology "Wild Cards" and drawn on Melinda Snodgrass to pen the script. Variety reported Friday that SyFy Films senior Vice president Gregory Noveck made the offer for "Day 38" with APA, which repped the writing team. Micrograms directed "What This Means Is War," which Fox opens February. 17. Scott authored and directed "The Sentient," a nine-minute film using more than 80 vfx shots which was placed in November with Quincy Pictures using the goal of creating a complete-length feature. Crew incorporated Oscar nominees Randy Kerber as composer, Scott E. Anderson on VFX and Ron Kline as seem mixer. Scott is handled by Dork Brown of Artist Worldwide. Rossi's handled by Jennifer Levine at Untitled Entertainment. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com