GODZILLA VS. KONG Director Adam Wingard To Helm HARDCORE Adaptation For Universal

GODZILLA VS. KONG Director Adam Wingard To Helm HARDCORE Adaptation For Universal

Following the suprise box office success of Godzilla Vs. Kong, Adam Wingard has signed on to direct an adaptation of The Walking Dead writer Robert Kirkman's Image Comics series Hardcore for Universal...

By MarkCassidy - May 24, 2021 10:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Godzilla vs. Kong

It looks like Adam Wingard is going to be kept very busy over the next couple of years!

We recently learned that the Godzilla Vs. Kong director was working on an animated ThunderCats movie for Warner Bros. as well as a sequel to The Guest, a Face-Off reboot/sequel and Son of Kong(?), and THR is now reporting that the filmmaker has also signed on to helm an adaptation of Robert Kirkman's (The Walking Dead) Image Comics sci-fi series, Hardcore, for Universal Pictures.

Kirkman penned the story outline and Wingard will co-write the screenplay along with Sleepy Hollow and Internal Affairs scribe Will Simon.

The comic focuses on Agent Drake of the Hardcore Program, who is able to take over the body of anyone on Earth and turn them into a human drone to get to targets that normal soldiers can’t. Drake is the best soldier Hardcore has to offer, but when he gets stranded in a body with only 72 hours to discover who’s hijacked the Program, he’ll have to pull out all the stops against an enemy who could be literally anyone."

Skybound and Wingard’s Montauk Chair will produce the movie with Kirkman, David Alpert, Bryan Furst and Sean Furst exec producing.

What do you guys make of this news? Any Hardcore fans out there? Drop us a comment down below.

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GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/24/2021, 10:55 AM
Sounds like Possessor in a few ways.

Wingard hella busy.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 5/24/2021, 7:10 PM
@BlackBeltJones - or that Jake gyllenhall movie where he’s trying to stop a bomb on a train
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/24/2021, 7:19 PM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - loved that movie. Underrated.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 5/24/2021, 11:05 AM
I mean if they need to possess people to take out targets, wouldn't it just be easier to just possess the targets and get them to off themselves?
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 5/24/2021, 11:18 AM
@soberchimera - my thoughts exactly
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 5/24/2021, 11:56 AM
@soberchimera - Probably a "die in the possessed body, die for real" clause.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 5/24/2021, 12:32 PM
@Reeds2Much - Two words: timed bomb.
Godzilla2000Zer
Godzilla2000Zer - 5/24/2021, 11:13 AM
I want Thundercats first
grif
grif - 5/24/2021, 11:49 AM
new brian singer here. doing this. doing that. ends up not doing any of it
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 5/24/2021, 12:25 PM
@grif - Eh, Guillermo del Toro's a better comparison IMO.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 5/24/2021, 2:47 PM
@grif - that's a bit unfair.....he hasn't even touched any kids yet.
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 5/24/2021, 12:07 PM

Desrow
Desrow - 5/24/2021, 12:33 PM
Kirkman so hot right now.
PapaSpank54
PapaSpank54 - 5/24/2021, 12:39 PM
Every time there's a surprise hit, Hollywood throws projects at the face. Remember how much stuff Tim Miller was getting up to after Deadpool? I highly doubt most of his upcoming projects are going to materialize in their current forms or at all. But I do wish the best for Adam, he seems like a cool guy, and The Guest was a nice little movie that's grown on me a lot since I've seen it. (That monkey and dinosaur movie was ok too)
NathanielX
NathanielX - 5/24/2021, 4:57 PM
Giveme Thundercats first I don't care about the others.
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