It Looks Like Edgar Wright's Adaptation of GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE is Finally Moving Forward

Back in 2014, it was announced that Edgar Wright would be directing a feature film adaptation of the Andrew Smith YA novel Grasshopper Jungle. We haven't heard anything about the film since. Now it looks like the film is finally going to move forward. According to THR, New Regency is about to pick up the adaptation and push it into production. 

The story is described as Stand By Me meets Attack The Block, which is a perfect story for Wright to bring to the big screen! If you're not familiar with the story, it's a coming-of-age tale that "focuses on an Iowa teen trying to come to grips with his own raging hormones and sexual feelings as he and his cohorts cause a deadly genetically engineered plague that unleashes an army of 6-foot-tall praying mantises. Those bugs live the life these guys wish for, acting on an insatiable appetite for fighting, food, and fornicating."

Sounds like fun doesn't it!? The script for the movie was written by Scott Rosenberg (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle). Here's the official description:

In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend, Robby, have accidentally unleashed an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that only want to do two things. This is the truth. This is history. It’s the end of the world. And nobody knows anything about it. You know what I mean.

Wright is the director behind films such as Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and the next film of his that we'll see is Baby Driver, which looks amazing! I'm a big fan of Wright's work and I think he'll have a ton of fun with this Grasshopper Jungle film.