Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Bone

1/19/12 - Patrick Sean Smith has been tapped to write Bone, Warner Bros.’ adaptation of the cult-favorite Jeff Smith comic book that now has P.J. Hogan attached to direct, according to the Hollywood Reporter.  Dan Lin of Lin Pictures and Animal Logic are producing.  The comic follows three cousins from the Bone family, small, bald and humanlike creatures with big noses. The trio are run out of their hometown and find themselves in a mysterious valley where they are separated and hunted by other creatures. They are taken in by a girl named Thorn and her grandmother, and they find out that the valley is threatened by an evil force called the Lord of the Locusts.  The comics were published from 1991 to 2004 but were rediscovered by a new generation when Scholastic began putting out trade paperbacks.  Justin Monjo and Hogan previously wrote separately on the project, which has Lin Pictures' Jon Silk co-producing.  Hogan will likely polish the script after Smith and the plan is for him to direct the movie in Australia, the home of both Hogan and Animal Logic.

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