Actor Vin Diesel and director Dominic Sena are in negotiations to star in and helm, respectively, Columbia Pictures/Red Wagon Prods. A fall start date is being planned, after Diesel wraps shooting Universal Pictures' "The Chronicles of Riddick." Dreadnaught is described as a David-and-Goliath dual at sea that pits a relentless captain against his commanding officer on the most high-tech warship ever created.

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