Hollywood screenwriter Zak Penn already has an impressive resume, with credits for The Avengers and X-Men: The Last Stand. Earlier this month, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro announced that he and Penn would be collaborating on a script for the sequel to robots-versus-aliens blockbuster Pacific Rim. Now, it looks like Penn will also be rewriting the script for the film adaptation of the novel Ready Player One.
A writer for ‘The Avengers’ is taking on the ‘Ready Player One’ movie adaptation
Along with ‘Pacific Rim 2,’ Zak Penn now has two modern geek staples in his hands
Along with ‘Pacific Rim 2,’ Zak Penn now has two modern geek staples in his hands
The Ernest Cline book, about a teen’s romp through cyberspace, has been in production for some time — Warner Bros. bought the movie rights before the novel was published — although a director has yet to be attached to the project. Pacific Rim 2, meanwhile, hasn’t even officially received the green light, so we’re a while away from seeing the end result of Penn’s work. Regardless, it seems he’ll have a major part in crafting the sci-fi universes of a summer not so far away.
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