The Hollywood Reporter reveal that Tommy Wirkola will write and direct Relativity's big screen adaptation of
Afterburn.
300 star Gerard Butler is attached to star. Wirkola is best known for
Dead Snow, the 2009 Norwegian Nazi zombie movie. He will make his English language debut with 2013's
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton. Neal Moritz, Toby Jaffe, Tobey Maguire and Ryan Kavanaugh are producing. Scott Chitwood and Paul Ens' graphic novel is described as being set in a future where solar flares have left half the world a ravaged wasteland filled with mutants and pirates. Buried beneath the ash and rubble are priceless artifacts and some of the world’s most valuable works of art - for which wealthy Americans will pay any price. The story centers on a treasure hunter who leads his team into the quarantine zone, braving rival bounty hunters, rogue armies, pirate gangs and deadly mutants along the way.
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