SPACE INVADERS Movie Lands a Screenwriter
Warner Bros. is moving forward with their Space Invaders movie. Deadline is reporting that the studio has hired Black List writer Dan Kunka to write the script for the film, which is based on the classic arcade game.
Kunka made the Hollywood Black List by taking a 52 page spec script called Yellowstone Falls and converting it into a film about wolves battling zombies. Sounds like my kind of writer! Since he has worked on a project like that, I'm sure he's going to have a blast bringing Space Invaders to life.
Kunka is working on several other projects at the moment, including an adaptation of Winston Groom's (Forrest Gump) novel Patriotic Fire: Andrew Jackson and Jean Laffite at the Battle of New Orleans. He also recently sold a one hour drama to SyFy Channel with Robert Zemeckis producing. Then there's Yellowstone Falls, which is set up at Warner Bros.
The studio obviously likes his style. I'm actually looking forward to seeing how this Space Invaders adaptation comes together.