Helmer wins ‘Battle’ with filmed pitch

Jonathan Liebesman is in negotiations to direct “Battle: Los Angeles,” a sci-fi actioner Neal Moritz and his Original Films are producing for Columbia.

The story follows one Marine platoon’s encounter in the battle against an alien invasion on the streets of Los Angeles.

The studio picked up the spec by Chris Bertolini pre-emptively in April, and Moritz was bullish on making it as soon as possible.

- from THR