Atsuko Hirayanagi To Direct Legendary’s ‘The Last Adventures Of Constance Verity’ Starring Awkwafina
Exclusive: Legendary has tapped Independent Spirt Award nominee Atsuko Hirayanag to direct an adaptation of The Last Adventures of Constance Verity starring Awkwafina. The film is based on the fantasy adventure novel written by A. Lee Martinez. Golden Globe award winner Awkwafina will star in the film based on a spec script by John Raffo. Jon Shestack will produce.
First published in 2016 via Saga Press, the story centers on Constance Verity who, for mysterious reasons, was thrust into a battle with the supernatural the moment she was born, and has been saving the world from disaster ever since. Now in her thirties, Connie’s biggest dream is to live a simple life – settle down with a boyfriend, hold a boring desk job, find some friends and just be Normal. Unfortunately, it’s not so easy to walk away from the supernatural if you are, in fact, the chosen one. The follow-up novel,...
First published in 2016 via Saga Press, the story centers on Constance Verity who, for mysterious reasons, was thrust into a battle with the supernatural the moment she was born, and has been saving the world from disaster ever since. Now in her thirties, Connie’s biggest dream is to live a simple life – settle down with a boyfriend, hold a boring desk job, find some friends and just be Normal. Unfortunately, it’s not so easy to walk away from the supernatural if you are, in fact, the chosen one. The follow-up novel,...
- 4/29/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Martinez has been writing humorous Sf novels for close to a decade now, all of which have looked like fun to me, but Emperor Mollusk versus the Sinister Brain is the first one I managed to actually read. It’s the SFnal story of a world-conquering squid from Neptune (a super-genius squid from Neptune) in a very comic-booky universe, where every planet in the solar system has an indigenous race with their own high technology.
Emperor Mollusk narrates his own story, starting well after he’s conquered Earth (for its own benefit; he’s a very benevolent tyrant) and mostly focusing on his battle with a new would-be conqueror, who may be even smarter than he is. It’s quick and zippy and colorful and amusing, filled with quips and explosions and last-minute escapes and triple reverses and more high-tech gadgets than all of the Bond movies put together.
And...
Emperor Mollusk narrates his own story, starting well after he’s conquered Earth (for its own benefit; he’s a very benevolent tyrant) and mostly focusing on his battle with a new would-be conqueror, who may be even smarter than he is. It’s quick and zippy and colorful and amusing, filled with quips and explosions and last-minute escapes and triple reverses and more high-tech gadgets than all of the Bond movies put together.
And...
- 8/18/2012
- by Andrew Wheeler
- Comicmix.com
Barry Sonnenfeld is attached to direct "Gil's All Fright Diner" for DreamWorks Animation says Variety.
The story revolves around a vampire and a werewolf. Here, they are mismatched partners who battle zombies and try to save the world, after they stop in a diner in the desert that is a conduit for the supernatural.
Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris ("Kung Fu Panda," "Robin Hood") are set to pen the script from A. Lee Martinez's novel. Kirk De Micco was the first writer on the book.
The story revolves around a vampire and a werewolf. Here, they are mismatched partners who battle zombies and try to save the world, after they stop in a diner in the desert that is a conduit for the supernatural.
Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris ("Kung Fu Panda," "Robin Hood") are set to pen the script from A. Lee Martinez's novel. Kirk De Micco was the first writer on the book.
- 12/17/2009
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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