Adaptations

Marc Guggenheim's comic book series about a group of alien invasion survivors trying to take back the planet, Resurrection, has been optioned by Universal.

Kenji Sonishi's four panel comedy manga Neko Rahmen will be adapted into a live action movie called Neko Rahmen Taisho (General Ramen Cat). The story of a cat who runs a ramen shop will be directed by Minoru Kawasaki and be released in Japanese theaters this fall.

New Regency has the rights to James Patterson’s upcoming YA scifi novel The Dangerous Days of Daniel X. It’s an action adventure about a teen discovering secrets about his family while fighting alien outlaws who threaten Earth. The book, the first in a series, comes out July with a graphic novel follow in the fourth quarter.

Ternian Prods has John Altschuler’s spec script Brigadier Gerard, a Napoleonic era comedy based on a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Land of the Lost director Brad Silberling on keeping suits, instead of CGI, for the Sleestak: "There is a sense of humor that I loved from the original show that can only come from an actor trying to negotiate the suit. If it became CG, they'd be too perfect. For the Sleestak to remain in people's memories, it tells you that it was about who was in the suit."

Anna Chlumsky and James Gandolfini will be in an unofficial adaptation of The Thick of It. The BBC series parodies the inner workings of U.S. and British government agencies and their international relations.

Mel Gibson will star in Martin Campbell’s Edge of Darkness, based on the BBC miniseries. William Monahan will adapt the story of a police investigator who uncovers the corrupt system that led to his activist daughter being killed.

Fox has film rights to Union Entertainment's scifi thriller video game concept Zero-G. Based on the, still a work in progress, game created by Daniel Jevons, it's about a major U.S. city being attacked by a new and devastating weapon.