Abduction by Shawn Christensen

After a week long bidding war, Lion’s Gate reportedly paid just under $1 million dollars for Shawn Christensen’s high concept screenplay “Abduction”. I read it last night to see what all the fuss was about.

The script is a page turner, I’ll give it that, and if the momentum in the script ends up on screen, the film should do well.

I was a little disappointed in the direction the story took heading into the second act (spies, FBI, CIA, assassins), since we’ve seen so much of that before with all the Jason Bourne films and Eagle Eye. The script does lose a little steam in the third act, but it doesn’t lose all its momentum. The script is perfectly positioned for a sequel, which is a big bonus if the film actually gets made and is a hit.

Last I heard, The Twilight Saga: New Moon star Taylor Lautner was attached for the starring role.