Warner Bros. Acquires Hiding in Time

Warner Bros. has picked up the rights to the comic book miniseries Hiding in Time. Dan Lin will produce via his Lin Pictures shingle, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The story is set in a not-too-distant future in which the Witness Protection Program uses time travel to relocate high-value witnesses into the past for safe keeping. When the program is compromised, a government scientist must travel back through the greatest moments in history to help a master thief rescue his old crew from the assassins sent back by their former employer.

The comic, created by Christopher Long and illustrated by Ryan Winn, was published by Image Shadowline. Beau Thorne, who penned Fox’s upcoming adaptation of the videogame Max Payne, will write the screenplay.

Lin is currently exec producing Terminator Salvation, the Robert Rodriguez-directed Shorts and the Ricky Gervais comedy This Side of the Truth.