Upcoming sci-fi graphic novel from Tron: Legacy director tapped for big screen adaptation

The upcoming Radical Publishing sci-fi graphic novel, Oblivion, created by Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski, has been optioned by Disney for the big screen treatment, according to HeatVision. Kosinski will also produce and direct the feature, along with Radical’s Barry Levine and Jesse Berger. Kosinski partnered with Radical on Oblivion in 2009, and spent the ….

Avatar star attached to futuristic comic-based crime thriller Last Days of American Crime

Sam Worthington – star of Terminator Salvation and James Cameron’s upcoming sci-fi epic Avatar – is attached to star in another sci-fi film titled The Last Days of American Crime, Variety reports. Based on Rick Remender’s comicbook of the same name, Last Days of American Crime will be released in January as a bi-monthly, three-issue ….

Hancock director to take on live-action Hercules epic

According to a story on Variety, Hancock director Peter Berg is looking to produce and direct Hercules: The Thracian Wars for Universal Pictures. Ryan Condal will write a script based on a five-issue comicbook series by Steve Moore that debuted in May from Radical Publishing. “What resonated for them was that this was character driven, ….

Rogue Gets Bloody Rights

According to the The Hollywood Reporter, Rogue Pictures has purchased the film rights to an upcoming vampire comic book titled Blood on the Tracks, and have setup Neill Dela Llana and Ian Gamazon to write and direct the big screen adaptation. Michael Zoumas will produce via his Zoom Entertainment banner, and Barry Levine is producing via the formed company Blatant Pictures.  The story of Blood on the Tracks revolves ….