FABLES Movie Still In Development; Jane Goldman Now Writing The Script
Last we heard on Warner Bros.' planned adaptation of the incredibly popular Dc/Vertigo comic series, Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair) was on board as director. Now the film's producer has revealed that the project has a new writer: X-Men: First Class & Kick-Ass scribe, Jane Goldman.
Fables has had a pretty difficult journey to the big screen, and though it hasn't quite made it there yet, the latest news is encouraging at least. During an interview with CBR, producer David Heyman provides the first update we've has on the DC/Vertigo adaptation since June of 2013 when it was announced that Nikolaj Arcel would be directing. According to Heyman, Arcel is still very much on board, but Jane Goldman (co-writer of Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, Kingsman: The Secret Service and more) is currently working on the latest draft of the script. As for why the project has taken so long to get off the ground, Heyman says: "these things always take longer than you want. And Fables is not easy by any means, but I think it'll be pretty great". The premise sees a bunch of fairytale characters (variations on Snow White, the Big Bad Wolf, Little Boy Blue etc) evicted from their world and forced to relocate to New York. There's still no release date, but it's possible Warner Bros. plan to announce their full slate of Vertigo adaptations all at once. Are you guys looking forward to finally seeing a Fables movie? Or do you think some of its thunder has already been stolen by the likes of Once Upon A Time? Sound off below.
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