Milla Jovovich to Headline Film Adaptation of George R.R. Martin's IN THE LOST LANDS

I'm currently making my way through George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series (on which HBO's Game of Thrones is based), but since I haven't finished those books yet, I haven't taken the time to look into any other fiction that Martin has written over the years. Turns out he's also written a series of short stories, which THR reports is now being adapted into a film called In the Lost Lands. Resident Evil star Milla Jovovich is in final talks to lead the film, and she'll star along with Shameless actor Justin Chatwin. Here's the synopsis of the three interconnected short stories:

In one thread, the desperate queen of a city built into a towering mountain hires the sorceress Gray Alys (Jovovich) to travel into the ghostly wasteland called the Lost Lands, to obtain the gift of shape-shifting into a werewolf, but she doesn’t realize that the fulfillment of her wish will come at a terrible price.

Meanwhile, warrior girl Sharra must fight a dragon that serves as the gatekeeper of seven worlds to reunite with her lost lover Kaydar. During this quest she meets the mysterious lord of a deserted castle, Laren Dorr, who seduces her so completely that she forgets her quest and stays with him, unaware that he is the real gatekeeper.  

And in the futuristic tale Bitterblooms, a young barbarian girl gets spellbound by a lonely witch in a spacecraft, who shows her beauty and love, which turns out to be a net of lies and deceit.

German director Constantin Werner (The Pagan Queen) wrote the screenplay and will direct, and I'm interested to see how more of Martin's fantasy stories make the jump to the big screen. No release date is set yet, but filming is slated to begin at the end of this year. As always, we'll let you know when we hear more.