Sony Pictures has acquired the rights to Arwen Elys Dayton’s upcoming young adult novel "Seeker" at the Mark Gordon Company. The first of an intended trilogy, the story focuses on a young girl put through years of brutal training who discovers too late that she will be using her new found knowledge and training to become an assassin. In other … [Read more...]
Liefeld’s “Godyssey” Gets Adapted
January 15, 2013 by
Broken Road and Energy Entertainment are set to produce a film adaptation of Rob Liefeld's comic "The Godyssey." The story centers on the gods of the grand pantheon, including Zeus, Buddha, Ra and Pangu, who come together to fight a legion of fallen gods. An epic battle over the fate of mankind gets underway. Todd Garner ("Black Sky") and … [Read more...]
“Monument 14” Book Series Gets Adapted
December 14, 2012 by
Reel FX and Strange Weather have acquired screen rights to Emmy Laybourne's young adult novel "Monument 14." The first novel in a proposed trilogy, the story is described as a post-apocalyptic "The Breakfast Club." The story deals with a group of teens trapped together in a chain superstore and face the prospect of life, death and love and hate … [Read more...]
“The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde” Gets Adapted
November 19, 2012 by
Screenwriter Albert Torres ("Henry Poole Is Here," "Akira") has come on board to pen a re-write of the film adaptation of Cole Haddon's 2011 graphic novel "The Strange Case of Hyde" at Dark Horse Entertainment, Skydance Productions and the Mark Gordon Company. A pseudo-sequel to the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story, the action is set five … [Read more...]
Ellroy’s “Blood’s A Rover” Gets Adapted
September 16, 2012 by
VS Entertainment has acquired screen rights to L.A. Confidential author James Ellroy's new novel "Blood’s A Rover" says Deadline. Set in the late 1960s and early ’70s, the story follows three men - J. Edgar Hoover’s strong-arm goon, an ex-cop and heroin runner in the Dominican Republic, and a private eye on the verge of uncovering a conspiracy - … [Read more...]
“Bomber” Heist Tale Gets Adapted
September 2, 2012 by
Mythology Entertainment and Anyway Entertainment have scored the screen rights to former FBI Special Agent Gerald Clark and journalist Ed Palattella's upcoming non-fiction book "Pizza Bomber" about a disastrous 2003 bank robbery says Deadline. A Pennsylvanian pizza delivery man entered a bank telling the teller he’d been shackled with an explosive … [Read more...]
“Last Blood” Comic Getting Adapted
July 16, 2012 by
Producer Rick Benattar ("Real Steel", "Ironclad") and Cascade FilmWorks are teaming on a live-action feature adaptation of the popular webcomic "Last Blood" says Deadline. The story is set in a future in which vampires battle zombies to protect the last surviving humans and preserve their supply of fresh blood. Simon Hunter ("Mutant Chronicles") … [Read more...]
“Wonderland” Adapted For Television
July 13, 2012 by
Lionsgate TV has won a six-studio bidding war for the television rights to the "Wonderland" graphic novels from Zenescope says The Live Feed. The story is described as a modern retelling of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland from the point of view of Alice's daughter. A search is under way to find a writer for the live-action project, while an … [Read more...]
Marvel’s “Black Panther” To Be Adapted Next?
June 6, 2012 by
While they're happy to talk up their upcoming sequels to the likes of "Thor," "Iron Man" and "Captain America", Marvel has been keeping fairly quiet about which of the characters that haven't been adapted for the screen yet will be the ones to fill the two "open slots" in their schedule. Will it be already announced projects in development like … [Read more...]
“Wolves,” “Demonologist” Get Adapted
February 23, 2012 by
RCR has optioned feature film rights to the Dennis Tafoya crime novel "The Wolves of Fairmount Park" reports Variety. After a drive-by shooting outside a drug den in Philadelphia kills two suburban teens, one a cop's son, the massive manhunt for the killers strains the community to breaking point. The action follows the perspective of four … [Read more...]
