Variety reports that Marc Platt Productions has resigned with Universal Pictures for five more years. The company has begun work on a sequel to Wanted with the original film’s director Timur Bekmambetov and writers Michael Brandt and Derek Haas.

The company is also developing several musicals, including a film version of Jesus Christ Superstar, Nine and Wicked. It has been revealed that book writer Winnie Holzman is writing the script for the last film.

A number of other projects have also been set up by Platt, including Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Drive and The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud. The company is also working with Bekmambetov on the adaptation of sci-fi graphic novel The Red Star.

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