Universal has tapped Shane Abbess to helm "
Source Code," a sci-fi thriller that Mark Gordon's shingle is producing for the studio.
The studio project is a big step up for the Oz helmer, who made "Gabriel," his first movie, for less than $200,000. Screen Gems picked up the gothic sci-fi thriller, which made $1.2 million in his native country and got him Stateside reps at Endeavor and Underground.