GREEK Creator To Adapt Comic BONE for Warner Bros.

Comic BookMovie by

The creator of ABC Family's Greek is making the move to feature films. THR reports that Patrick Sean Smith is set to write an adaptation of the comic Bone for Warner Bros. P.J. Hogan is attached to direct the Jeff Smith cult-favorite. The fantasy is being produced by Dan Lin of Lin Pictures and Animal Logic, after Warners picked up the rights in 2008.

The story follows "three cousins from the Bone family, small, bald and humanlike creatures with big noses. The trio are run out of their hometown and find themselves in a mysterious valley where they are separated and hunted by other creatures. They are taken in by a girl named Thorn and her grandmother, and they find out that the valley is threatened by an evil force called the Lord of the Locusts."

Smith published the comics from 1991 to 2004. Thanks to Scholastic, a new generation of fans rediscovered when the property arrived in graphic novel format. 

The initial drafts were penned by Justin Monjo and Hogan. The plan is to have Hogan polish the script after Smith, before he directs the movie in Australia. This is the same team behind Happy Feet 2 and Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole.

I am not familiar with the property, but the story sounds cool. I really like Legends of the Guardians, so I am interested in seeing this on the big screen. What are your thoughts on this news?

No author bio. End of line.
GeekTyrant Homepage