Oscar Isaac Will Play a Superhero Turned Mayor in Legendary's Adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan’s EX MACHINA
Oscar Isaac has jumped on board a second Ex Machina film project. This new movie is an adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan’s Eisner Award-winning 2004 comic book and is in no way related to Alex Garland’s sci-fi thriller. This new film will be titled The Great Machine so that there’s no confusion.
Isaac will star in and produce the project that was acquired by Legendary Pictures. The actor will play a character named Mitchell Hundred, “a former superhero who becomes the mayor of New York City after 9/11. Hundred had the power to talk to mechanical devices but the comic was concerned less about superheroics than issues of government and political leadership. Great Machine was the character's superhero name.”
The plot for the movie will revolve around Hundred “dealing with a threatened political career when the source of his powers returns to claim its debt.”
Isaac is a great actor, and this seems like a great project that involves a character that he’s perfect for. The script for the film is being written by Anna Waterhouse and Joe Shrapnel, who wrote the recent Kristen Stewart-starring project Seberg.
Source: THR