Markus Barmettler and Philip Lee, exec producers of “The Revenant,” have formed production-financing company Facing East and are backing sci-fi adventure “Inversion.”
The company, which plans three to four major productions every two years, is based in Beijing and Hong Kong.
Facing East also has profit participation in “Assassins Creed” and “Splinter Cell.”
It announced Friday that “Inversion” has attached Peter Segal as director with Segal working on the screenplay with “Casino Royale” scribe Paul Haggis.