Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Airman
9/18/08 - Gil Kenan and Robert Zemeckis, who teamed for the animated Oscar-nominated Monster House, are partnering again for a big-screen version of Airman, a children's adventure book by Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Kenan will direct the adaptation, which will be done using performance-capture technology. Zemeckis will produce with his ImageMovers partners Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey.  The swashbuckling scientific story centers on Conor Broekhart, a young man born in a hot air balloon to a family close to the king who has a penchant for looking to the skies for inspiration. The book was released in January.

AlienAlmanac.com 2008