Warner Bros. teams with Ahearne and Lin

Warner Bros. is developing an untitled supernatural thriller feature with Brit scribe Joe Ahearne ("Trance") and arrange it with Warner-based Serta Lin to create. Studio's keeping the logline under systems. Lin Pictures Vice president Jon Silk came from the concept and can co-produce. Matt Cherniss is managing the work for Warner Bros. Ahearne's an experienced TV scribe with diverse small-screen credits such as the telepic "Trance," the sci-fi series "Ultraviolet" and also the factual series "Space Journey." He composed the approaching Fox Searchlight adaptation of "Trance," starring James McAvoy being an worker in an ah who teams with thieves to steal an invaluable painting who then suffers amnesia from the blow towards the mind. Lin's creating "Karma Coalition," "Gangster Squad," the "A Virtual DetectiveInch photos and "Godzilla." Ahearne's repped by ICM, U . s . Agents and Principal Entertainment. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com