ElfQuest Movie Back On Track At WB, New Writer On Board

ElfQuest Movie Back On Track At WB, New Writer On Board

This one has long lingered in Development Hell but now Deadline report that Joe Ahearne has been hired to deliver a new script and original director Rawson Thurber is still on directing duties..

By MarkCassidy - Oct 17, 2011 04:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Video Games
Source: Deadline

Here is something we missed over the weekend that should please fans of the little pointy eared fellas the world over. In an article detailing writer Joe Ahearne's mysterious new Supernatural Thriller pitch at Warner Bros Deadline also reveal that he has signed on to write a new script for Wendy and Richard Pini's cult classic ElfQuest..




It’s the British writer’s second deal with Warner Bros, which recently hired him to rewrite Elf Quest for Rawson Thurber to direct. Thurber wrote the original draft. Ahearne will write Elf Quest and start the new pitch at the same time.


Rawson Thurber (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story) had previously delivered his script draft back in 2009 but since then we haven't hear a peep about this movie. Some of our younger CBMers may not know much, or have even heard of Elfquest but back when it was published by Marvel's more adult imprint Epic Comics it gained quite a following. The stories featured complex and deep themes and characterizations, and subverted a lot of the cliches and notions of how the Fantasy genre is usually depicted in much the same way Game Of Thrones did for this generation. I myself was a big fan and have hoped for a movie version for a long time so I'm very happy that things seem to be moving forward.

Via Bleeding Cool





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MaddMonkk
MaddMonkk - 10/17/2011, 5:33 PM
i forgot what I was gonna say
AxlKomix
AxlKomix - 10/17/2011, 5:59 PM
Elfquest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are never too many exclamation points when you drink Jack Daniels and get on CBM!
juggy4711
juggy4711 - 10/17/2011, 6:10 PM
I read the whole series once and was pretty entertained. A movie could be cool.
Ghostt
Ghostt - 10/17/2011, 6:12 PM
holy crap, I read this comic back before I discovered X-men and Punisher. I wasnt even sure my memories of this stuff was real. crazy
AxlKomix
AxlKomix - 10/17/2011, 7:05 PM
Why did I get chat abuser? Who am I abusing?
ThaPhunkyFeelOne
ThaPhunkyFeelOne - 10/17/2011, 7:08 PM
For me, this was _the_ comic that got me into comics. I picked up the Marvel Epic ElfQuest #2, Spectacular Spider-man #130 and G.I.Joe #50 (love those Mike Zeck covers!) for a family trip one summer. Sigh. Good times...

It is a fantastic series, especially the "original" 20 WaRP (32 Marvel) initial story-arc. Wendy and Richard Pini deserve everything they can get out of this series.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 10/17/2011, 7:20 PM
Axl, sorry about that but when you keep your finger on a key like that it messes up the article format..I can't delete or edit your comment so I have to report it.
AxlKomix
AxlKomix - 10/17/2011, 10:33 PM
Ah. There is such a thing as too many.
ROMACK
ROMACK - 10/18/2011, 1:30 AM
Elfquest is awesome. It has been a long time in making it to the big screen. Hope they do it right, but I am very afraid it will barely resemble the source material.
wavegigger
wavegigger - 10/18/2011, 4:37 AM
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/18/2011, 4:38 AM
i remember elfquest from the marvel epic days,didn't really get into it but i would definetly watch a movie if it ever see's the light of day.
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 10/18/2011, 7:09 AM
mmmm... hot elfs

i want myself few of those ;)

cant wait to see the movie
RoyalUsher
RoyalUsher - 10/18/2011, 10:48 AM
@ncreb, May God condemn you to the eternal flames of hell! You just gave me crap crap in my stomach.

Anyway, the Elf Quest movie should be handed off to the Harry Potter team or to Andrew Adamson, M. Night Shyamalan or Peter Jackson.
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