A couple of years ago, Universal Studios optioned a film adaptation of Dark Horse Comics'
The Umbrella Academy, which was written by Gerard Way and drawn by Gabriel Bá. Mark Bomback (
The Wolverine)was hired to write the script, but last year, it was reported that Rawson Thurber (
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story) was brought on board to re-write the screenplay. Speaking with
Comics Alliance, Way offers an update on the big screen adaptation.
"I'd say it's hanging out a little bit. Every once in awhile there's a burst of movement and it's kind of how I've noticed Hollywood works. There's a burst of movement and then a burst of nothing. We actually recently got a script and it's really great, so I think it's just a matter of waiting for [Universal Studios] wanting to take the risk on it."
When asked about the budget, he says that it's now smaller than it was originally.
"Well the good news is that it's not as big as it was before, which actually takes a lot of the pressure off the storytelling in the script and made it so things could exist like Space[boy] still being half a Martian gorilla, Bobo still being a chimp - you know what I mean? Those are things that, when your budget starts to get higher and higher you notice that discussions will start to happen like, "Well, let's maybe phase some of this weird stuff out." So, your budget getting smaller is sometimes the best thing that can happen." To check out the rest of the interview with Way, click the source link below.
The Umbrella Academy follows the members of the titular group, a disbanded team of superheroes who reunite after the death of their adoptive father, "Sir Reginald Hargreeves". Hargreeves, an alien disguised as a famous entrepreneur, collected the members of the Umbrella Academy shortly after their birth and trained them to save the world from an unspecified threat. After his death, the members carry on his plan to save the world. [Via
Wiki]