Deadline is reporting that the film rights to Royden Lepp's upcoming graphic novel Rust - which follows a robot invasion in an American heartland farm - have been purchased by 20th Century Fox, with Devil Wears Prada writer Aline Brosh McKenna to write the script and to be produced by Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class) and . Below are the details...
20th Century Fox has acquired the Royden Lepp graphic novel Rust: Visitor in the Field, and has set Aline Brosh McKenna to write the script. The graphic novel will be published in September by Archaia Entertainment. The film will be produced by Archaia's Stephen Christy and Fox-based Simon Kinberg.
Below is the plot...
The graphic novel takes place on a family's farm in the American heartland, where Jet Jones crashes into the barn, pursued by a giant decomissioned war robot. The heartland has been devastated by a world war and the family tries to decide if the kid with the jet pack is the key to their survival.
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Rust (the graphic novel) hits stores this September!