Warners Buys Spec 'The Envoy' for Joel Silver to create (Exclusive)

Jason Merritt/Getty Images Warner Bros has acquired an action thriller spec entitled The Envoy by Robert Lynn. Silver Pictures' Joel Silver and Andrew Rona are affixed to produce. The storyline focuses on youthful diplomatic courier whose routine delivery turns deadly when it is discovered the sensitive information he carries consists of stolen plans to have an attack on American interests. He or she must reach the American embassy in Vienna while various forces attempt to stop him. Silver's Sarah Meyer introduced the project in and can act inside a producer capacity. Silver and Rona have experienced success within the worldwide thriller arena, using the Liam Neeson thriller Unknown being the newest example. Silver is creating A Virtual Detective: A Game Title of Shadows, which opens December, and also the duo have comedy Project X being released the coming year. Lynn would be a scribe contestant on Project: Greenlight who continued to create and direct several low-budget movies. This really is his initial purchase. He's repped by UTA, Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment and attorney Owen Seitel. Warner Bros. Pictures Group