Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Superhero

2/24/09 - Bavaria Pictures is producing Superhero, a fantasy drama based on the best-selling novel Death of a Superhero by New Zealand author and filmmaker Anthony McCarten, who is set to direct from his own script, Variety reported.  Freddie Highmore and Jessica Schwarz are attached to star in the story, about a teenage comic-book artist suffering from leukemia who finds escape from the harsh realities of life in his illustrated adventures.  McCarten's novel has found critical acclaim and eager audiences in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, where it picked up the Austrian Youth Literature Prize last year.  Astrid Kahmke and Philipp Kreuzer of Bavaria Pictures are co-producing with McCarten and Angela Littlejohn.

AlienAlmanac.com 2009