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George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards Headed To The Silver Screen |
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Friday, 28 October 2011 11:36 |
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The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards is headed to the big screen.
With the success of Game of Thrones it was inevitable that someone would pick up Wild Cards, the anthology co-written and co-created by Martin.
Syfy Films, the theatrical division created in December 2010 as a joint venture between Syfy and Universal Pictures, has acquired the screen rights to Wild Cards, a superhero anthology edited, co-created and co-written by Martin.
Melinda Snodgrass, one of the co-creators and co-writers, has been tapped to pen the screenplay for the project, which marks Syfy Films' first acquisition. Martin and Snodgrass will executive produce.
Wild Cards is a series of books and stories set in a shared universe where an alien virus has been unleashed over New York City. Those who survived were turned into either a class of beings named Jokers, mostly deformed creatures, (or more rarely) Aces, Read more: |
