Yorick fans will be pleased, as it appears the long in development Y: The Last Man adaptation has sprang back to life at New Line. Well, they have hired a new writing team at least, lets see how much further it goes. But for now THR have the good news..
Writing duo Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia are in final negotiations to write New Line Cinema's adaptation of the acclaimed Vertigo comic book. J.C. Spink, Chris Bender and David Goyer are producing. Mason Novick is executive producing.
D.J. Caruso was originally attached to direct the movie with a script by Carl Ellsworth, but now Federman and Scaia are said to be starting from scratch. Whether Caruso is still attached or not is unknown. The new writing duo only have one feature under their belt - they are currently working on Sony’s untitled
Zorro origin project - but they have plenty of TV credits on their resumes including
Charlie’s Angels, Human Target, Warehouse 13 and
Jericho.
For those unfamiliar with the comic,
Y: The Last Man is an Eisener award winning series from Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. It deals with Yorick Brown, a young amateur escape artist and his male Capuchin monkey, Ampersand - the only living mammals with a Y chromosome left alive on Earth. It ran for 60 issues back in 2002 under the DC Vertigo imprint.
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