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6 November 2009 8:43 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Sin City producer Stephen L'Heureux's Solipsist Films has acquired the rights to Ed Laroche's graphic novel Almighty.

According to Mania, Black Hawk Down screenwriter Ken Nolan is attached to write the script and potential directors are being approached.

Created, written and drawn by Laroche, Almighty takes place in 2098 and follows a female motorcycling mercenary called Fale, who is hired to rescue a girl and bring her home across a third world America - "a fractured landscape of segregated zones driven by neo-tribalism."

Laroche said: "At its heart Almighty is a pursuit story. As the story unfolds there are other things that are attached to it but at the core of it, a girl has been kidnapped and someone has hired a killer to find her and bring her home." The official website for Almighty is here.

Mania adds that Solipsist has also picked up screen rights on two other titles. »

- David Bentley

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'Sin City' Producer Bringing 'Almighty' To The Big Screen

5 November 2009 6:58 AM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

Ed Laroche’s graphic novel “Almighty” has been optioned by “Sin City” producer Stephen L'Heureux’s Solipsist Films.

According to Mania, “Black Hawk Down” screenwriter Ken Nolan is also attached to adapt the script and “Almighty” is already being shown to potential directors.

Created, written and drawn by Laroche, “Almighty” takes place in 2098 and follows Fale, a female mercenary who is hired to rescue a girl from kidnappers and bring her home safely across the dangerous terrain of a "third world America" that has descended into neo-tribalism.

According to Laroche, Fale is a departure from the standard female action hero—embodied in recent years by Kate Beckinsale’s Selene from the “Underworld” film series and numerous Milla Jovovich movies like “Resident Evil” and “Ultraviolet.”

"I don't see a five foot four, hundred and ten pound girl kicking everybody's ass in that role, and then she's pretty too, on top of it, »

- Blair Marnell

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Movie Production Update: February 6, 2009

5 February 2009 11:05 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Once again I bring you the best round-up of all the movie updates announced in this past week's trade reports. Why read a Ton of articles when you can read just one? This week we get new cast members added to films such as Law Abiding Citizen and Carmel. An unlikely trio may team up for a DreamWorks Animated feature. John Carpenter returns to the director's chair with Amber Heard who will also join Johnny Depp in Rum Diary. Jennifer Lopez may be in another movie and that Judy Garland biopic may be quite good. Oh, and Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman are teaming for a new film and check out the casting on Mary, Mother of Christ, that could potentially be a decent little flick. Check out the full list and links are available if the film is in the database already. Enjoy! Title: Law Abiding Citizen

Studio: Overture »

- Brad Brevet

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Jake Gyllenhaal's Moon Movie Goes Through More Rewrites

4 February 2009 8:24 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

Jake Gyllenhaal is inching closer and closer to action movie stardom, and after Prince of Persia: Sands of Time he's lined up an untitled project about lunar colonization. The project has been in the works for a while, but now Black Hawk Down screenwriter Ken Nolan has been brought in to rework the script. Will he add more emphasis on Jake's baby blues? Take out some of those tasteless Brokeback Mountain jokes? Who knows! The script has been through a long series of rewrites and writers, according to THR. Doug Liman is still producing and directing the film, but apparently the script he wrote with John Hamburg was scrapped by Mark Bowden, who wrote the original Black Hawk Down book. Then Dan Mazeau took at a pass at material that apparently had input from Simon Kinberg, a producer on the film. A giant mess? Or enough great minds put together »

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Gyllenhaal's Moon Movie Hires Another Writer

4 February 2009 3:06 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Paramount is sending Jake Gyllenhaal to the moon in a new film produced and directed by Doug Liman. The Hollywood Reporter says the untitled film has hired Ken Nolan, the man who wrote Black Hawk Down, to reshape a script that has already gone through at least three full versions.

Once upon a time, Liman wrote the original story with John Hamburg. Then the author of the book Black Hawk Down, Mark Bowden gave the script the once-over, which apparently still wasn't good enough, so Dan Mazeau provided a fresh perspective and included some of the ideas brought forth by Liman, Bowden, and producer Simon Kinberg. »

- Colin Boyd

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Doug Liman’s latest gets yet another writer

3 February 2009 11:05 PM, PST | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »

Paramount’s as-yet-untitled sci-fi moon project, which has Jake Gyllenhaal attached to star and Doug Liman producing/directing is in the hands of yet another writer. Black Hawk Down scribe Ken Nolan is taking a crack at the lunar colonization action pic that Liman has been developing seemingly ever since he finally allowed Jumper to be torn from his hands. The original draft was written by Liman and John Hamburg, and it’s a weird coincidence that someone associated with Black Hawk Down should be working on it now –...

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- jwhite

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Daily news dose: Gary Marhsall to helm 'Valentine's Day,' Al Pacino cast in 'King Lear'

3 February 2009 9:59 PM, PST | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

Here's your dose of film news for Feb. 4, 2009:

• Gary Marshall is set to direct New Line Cinema's comedy "Valentine's Day," about 10 Los Angeles people whose lives intersect on Feb. 14. Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein rewrote a draft by Katherine Fugate. Marshall also directed "Georgia Rule," "The Princess Diaries" and "Runaway Bride." (Variety)

• Al Pacino has signed on to play the lead role in "King Lear," which Michael Radford will direct. Radford, whose credits include "The Merchant of Venice," also wrote the screenplay. Variety says the film will head into production in Europe later this year.

• Ken Nolan will rewrite Paramount's untitled moon project starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Doug Liman and John Hamburg penned the original script. The Hollywood Reporter describes the project as an "action film about lunar colonization." Liman ("The Bourne Identity") is also on board to direct the flick.

• "Wall-e" director Andrew Stanton recently told MTV News »

- Franck Tabouring

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2009 | 2002

7 articles from 2009

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