Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Machine Man

10/26/10 - Darren Aronofsky has signed on to develop and direct Machine Man, a cybernetic thriller for Mandalay, which sees him reunite with Black Swan co-writer Mark Heyman, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Machine is based on a partial manuscript by Max Barry that Mandalay picked up last year. Aronofsky and Mandalay will work with Heyman to adapt the book for the screen, in the hopes of making it his project after he shoots Wolverine 2.  Cathy Schulman will produce via the Mandalay banner. Barry will serve as an executive producer.  Described by Mandalay as an "amped up pop-thriller," the story centers on a gadget geek and engineer at a forward thinking tech firm who is tired of going through life average and unnoticed and is also obsessed with his own self improvement. He decides to replace his weak, fleshy parts with high-end titanium performance upgrades of his own design but then discovers other entities have designs on him for their own motives.

11/6/09 - Mandalay Pictures has picked up film rights to Machine Man, an SF novel whose pages are being posted online each day by author Max Barry, Variety reported; Vantage Books plans to publish the novel in 2011. It concerns a tech engineer who's tired of going through life average and unnoticed, so he replaces parts of his body with titanium upgrades of his own design.

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