With Comic-Con set to explode today, 20th Century Fox made some major announcements regarding three genre properties.
The Fantastic Four
Chronicle director Josh Trank is aboard the reboot. Despite a number of attachments, it is expected to be his next project.
Daredevil
Director David Slade is off the project because of scheduling issues (he’s directing the pilot to Hannibal). This project is top priority and has to get the film into
production by fall or contractually risk having the the property revert
to Marvel Studios and Disney. There is a script ready to go.
With the studio having already secured their licenses with the X-Men reboot X-Men: First Class, it’s upcoming sequel and director James Mangold’s The Wolverine, it will be interesting if the rumors are true with Fox trying to develop their own shared Marvel Universe.
Rust
Based on the Archaia graphic novel by Royden
Lepp, Joe Cornish (Attack The Block) will direct Rust. The publisher describes the story as:
Rust is a high-octane adventure set in the prairie lands of an
unknown time. Life on the Taylor family farm was difficult enough before
Jet Jones crashes into the barn, chased by a giant decommissioned war
robot! Oldest son Roman Taylor struggles to keep his family’s small farm
afloat as the area heals from a devastating world war. While the rest
of his family may not trust the mysterious boy with the jetpack, Roman
believes the secrets of Jet’s past may be the key to their survival.
With a screenplay Aline Brosh McKenna the family film is being produced by
Simon Kinberg’s Genre Films is producing, with Stephen Christy and P.J.
Bickett of Archaia Entertainment exec producing.
