Bold Films has picked up “Psy-Ops,” an action thriller from Scott Stewart and Gus Krieger.

Stewart, who is directing the vampire action thriller “Priest,” came up with the initial story, then developed it with Krieger, who will write the script for first-time director Stuart Maschwitz.

‘Psy-Ops’ centers around an elite U.S. military unit composed of psychics whose modus operandi is exploiting the enemy’s deepest fears. However, during a routine mission to the Amazon Basin, they encounter a force more disturbing than anything their training could have prepared them for.

Bold, which released the family-friendly 3-D thriller The Hole this year, hopes ‘Psy-Ops’ is a successful hybrid of Alien and Predator with the realism of Blackhawk Down. One assumes they’re also optimistic about emulating the financial success of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, another super-soldier-centric actioner. No word on casting yet.

Krieger served as co-writer on The Killing Room, an independent drama directed by Jonathan Liebesman. As for Maschwitz, he oversaw special effects for such movies as Sin City and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and served as second-unit director and visual effects supervisor on The Spirit.

[Source] THR