Actor Mario Van Peelbes will direct his science-fiction script THE UNITER for producers Don Kushner and Brad Wyman. Production is slated to begin in January. According to Variety, the story “chronicles the journey of a political fugitive who escapes from the future back to the present to teach a 13-year-old how to use his powers to unite the warring factions of the world before it’s too late for planet Earth.” Peebles is said to have been developing the project for years, since he was inspired during travels to India and “the mythology of the Aztec calendar terminating in 2012.”

Peebles previous genre experience consists of playing a lead role in JAWS IV and playing the title role of SOLO - a terminator clone who learns some touchy-feely lessons about humanity during a military mission in South America.