The Disney studio chief who was laid off last July amid a major restructuring has set up her first post-Disney project at DreamWorks.

Nina Jacobson, the former president of Buena Vista Motion Pictures, will produce the sci-fi thriller ""Dominion"" through her studio-based Color Force shingle.

The story centers on a human who is chosen to command an army's first-ever platoon of robotic soldiers.

Jacobson said she sparked to the idea of ""Dominion"" because of the scope of the story. ""It's a film that will require a real visionary director, and it's a project that has a lot of big-movie elements,"" Jacobson said.

Ben Ripley, who became an in-demand writer when his high-concept sci-fi time-travel spec ""Source Code"" sold to Universal Pictures, is writing the screenplay.

Jacobson signed a three-year, first-look deal at DreamWorks in December. She was a surprise casualty when Disney announced it was cutting 650 jobs as part of a long-awaited strategic shift toward making more movies aimed at a broad audience.

Source: Variety"