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Fox Buys The Rights To Graphic Novel Rust; X-Men: First Class Producer Attached! |
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Saturday, 16 July 2011 04:27 |
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The Hollywood Reporter have revealed that Fox are in final negotiations to buy the rights to Archaia graphic novel Rust, hiring The Devil Wears Prada writer Aline Brosh McKenna to pen the script as well as X-Men: First Class producer Simon Kinberg. The graphic novel is said to have been taken to all the major studios this past week, with great interest from Warner Bros. and writer-producer Akiva Goldsman before Fox moved in and nabbed it from them.
Rust is a high-octane adventure set in the prairie lands of an unknown time. Life on the Taylor family farm was difficult enough before Jet Jones crashes into the barn, chased by a giant decommissioned war robot! Oldest son Roman Taylor struggles to keep his family’s small farm afloat as the area heals from a devastating world war. While the rest of his family may not trust the mysterious boy with the jetpack, Roman Read more: |
