Mostow to Direct The Surrogates

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19375

Source: Variety
March 15, 2007


Disney has acquired rights to the graphic novel The Surrogates and will develop it into a sci-fi thriller that Jonathan Mostow will direct.

Michael Ferris and John Brancato will write. The trio last teamed on Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.

Published by Top Shelf comics, the graphic novel, written by Robert Venditti and illustrated by Brett Weldele, is set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation. They interact vicariously, through surrogate robots.

Mandeville's David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman will produce, along with Max Handelman and Elizabeth Banks (The 40-Year-Old Virgin).

Mostow will develop the project while he continues to write Sub-Mariner, an adaptation of the Marvel Comics character for Universal

 

[j@ck3dLun@cy]

Not bad news, might be ok.

 

[kedrell]

Here's the trailer:

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It actually looks.....good.

I was expecting more Jumper/Push-type crap to be quite frank.

 

[Leto]

Having read the actual comic this was based off, I'm happy to say they appear to have stayed fairly accurate to the comic.

They've clearly expanded on a few of the action scenes, and the presentation is set up to be more immediately understandable, but it looks good.

The bad guy is briefly visible in the trailer, they changed the costume so part of his face is visible which is a bit odd because his identity and what the costumes does was important. I hope they haven't changed the story around too much.

It really was a thoughtful concept behind the mystery and action.