DEADPOOL Director Tim Miller Teams with WB For Film Adaptation of The Sci-Fi Comic ALIEN LEGION
Warner Bros. has acquired the right to a sci-fi comics series initially published by Marvel Comics in the 80s titled Alien Legion. They’ve brought on Deadpool and Terminator: Dark Fate director Tim Miller to develop the film and to help build an epic space opera franchise.
Alien Legion blends military science fiction with a diverse cast of characters and fun complex storytelling. Created by writers Carl Potts and Alan Zelenetz, along with artist Frank Cirocco, the series is set in a distant future where the United Planets is defended by the Alien Legion, a force made up of a motley crew of extraterrestrial soldiers. The Legion is known for its diverse membership, including anthropomorphic characters, aliens, and humans, each with their own unique skills and backgrounds. The series explores the challenges faced by the Legion as they navigate a universe rife with interstellar conflicts, political intrigue, and cosmic threats.
The story often revolves around Force Nomad, a misfit group within the Legion, as they undertake perilous missions across the galaxy. The storytelling is characterized by a mix of intense action, intricate world-building, and moral dilemmas faced by the characters.
Alien Legion is described as “the French Foreign Legion in space” and the key characters include Sarigar, a captain from a serpent-like species that were once used as slave labor; the brutish degenerate Juger Grimrod, with his green skin and deep hostility towards authority; the gentle four-armed medic, Meico; and Torie Montroc, a human who is being forced to do a tour of duty in the Legion in order to receive his inheritance.
Don Murphy and Susan Montford of Angry Films (Transformers and Real Steel) will produce the film along with Aaron Ryder.
Hollywood has actually been interested in bringing Alien Legion to the big screen for years. Dimension Films had the project in the early 2000s and then it was picked up by producer Jerry Bruckheimer where he set it up at Disney. He even had scripts written by David Benioff (Game of Thrones), and 3:10 to Yuma’s Derek Haas and Michael Brandt. Obviously, things didn’t work out.
Warner Bros. Pictures Group co-chair and CEO Michael De Luca is said to be a fan of the comic and has pursued it for several years. Miller is also a fan and at one point he actively pursued it when he had been an animator earlier in his career.
It seems like the project landed where it needed to be and I’m excited to see what Miller ends up doing with it!
Source: THR