Michael Bay is set to produce a futuristic adventure about a Trump-esque dystopia.
Athale is best known for 2012 crime thriller Wasteland (called The Rise in the UK).
The script, called Little America, was the focus of a bidding war in Hollywood and according to the Hollywood Reporter, it was picked up by Universal Pictures for an undisclosed sum.
He also wrote the recently completed alien invasion film Revolt, starring Lee Pace and Bérénice Marlohe.