New Regency boarding 'The Revenant'

New Regency is at predicts seriously board Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's American West drama "The Revenant." Company would produce along with Anonymous Content's Steve Golin, David Kanter and Keith Redmon. Anonymous setup the project, which Warner Bros. has optioned to distribute. "Vacancy" scribe Mark L. Cruz written the script. The project is founded on the novel "The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge" by Michael Punke and launched in 2003. Novel is occur 1823 and concentrates on a fur trapper who's mauled by killed and conned with the two males enlisted to stay with him. Fueled by anger, the trapper survives and makes his way through hundreds of miles of uncharted backwoods to exact retribution. Pic is most likely the very first projects New Regency has signed onto since a shakeup within the professional ranks. In September, news broke that co-chairs Hutch Parker and Bob Harper would exit by year's-finish, while founder Arnon Milchan introduced former Vital professional Kaira Weston in as Boss. Captured, company came aboard to co-produce the Allen Hughes-helmed drama "Broken City," with Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe installed on star. last century Fox-based Regency also closed a $500 million credit facility lately. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com