Although both have been occupied with other projects (Allred was instrumental in connecting Rodriguez with Frank Miller, leading to the production of Sin City), both have been eager to see this film made.
[citation needed] At the 2006 WonderCon in San Francisco, Allred announced that Madman the Movie was in pre-production and hoped to begin filming before the end of the year.
[11][12][13][14][15] The main concept behind the film will have the turtles undergo a second mutation due to the mutagen in the heroes' bloodstream beginning to change with age and giving them new abilities and new problems.
[23] In March 2003, Twentieth Century Fox has optioned feature rights to the fantasy comic book series with Gil Netter attached to produce.
[28] In March 2018, FremantleMedia North America announced to produce a live-action Astro City TV series with a pilot episode written by Busiek and Rick Alexander.
[35] At Comic-Con 2009, Top Cow president Matt Hawkins revealed that a live-action The Darkness film was in development, with Scott Stuber Productions attached as the producer for the project.
[37] The comic book series Lions, Tigers and Bears was optioned for film in the fall of 2005 by Union Entertainment for six months, but the company closed their doors before a movie could be undertaken.
[39] The possibility of Hack/Slash being made into a live-action film by Rogue Pictures was discussed by director Todd Lincoln, writer Martin Schenk, series creator Tim Seeley, and others at the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con, to be released in 2008.
[55] McFarlane began writing in August 2009 the screenplay for a new film based on the character, saying that "the story has been in my head for 7 or 8 years", that "the movie idea is neither a recap or continuation.
[86] In 2010, after reports that Angelina Jolie had pulled out of the sequel,[87] Millar said that the script would be rewritten to remove Fox's return, so production could start that year for a late 2011 release.
[93] Bekmambetov declared during the interviews for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter that after many years of indecision as the Wanted sequel stalled in development, he proposed an idea to the screenwriters wherein the plot followed Wesley while featuring "a great twist".
[105] "Ninja Turtles" co-creator Peter Laird said "there were a lot of positive feelings about a Batman Begins-style reboot,[106] while producer Galen Walker said the film would be headed in a darker direction.
[109] In October, Viacom's subsidiary network Nickelodeon had purchased all of Mirage's rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles property for $9.75 million, thus terminating all deals with 4Kids and Time Warner.
Jeffrey D. Erb and Framelight Productions along with Dark Hero Studios partners David Hayter and Benedict Carver have teamed up with Bill Mechanic to turn the comic book into a zombie feature franchise.
[119] In April 2010, Hitman: Agent 47 producer Adrian Askarieh announced that he was developing a film based on Danger Girl with Todd Lincoln as director.
[124][125] In August 2010, a film version of Mage had been in development at Spyglass Entertainment with Zack Snyder set to direct, but the rights were subsequently picked up by Watchmen and Hellboy producer Lloyd Levin.
Richard Starkings was working on the draft treatment, and was enthusiastic: "Jerry Zucker and I can't wait to bring the stories of Hip, Horn and Sahara to life on screen in a way that will simply take your breath away".
[144] Aja left in November and Joe Carnahan, director of The Grey, The A-Team and Smokin' Aces, was in negotiations to direct Undying Love for Warner Bros.
[145] In early 2019, David Leitch was hired to direct Undying Love from Tommy Wirkola for Studio 8 and is produced by Jeff Robinov, Kelly McCormick, and Stephen L'Heureux.
[146] In March 2012, Content House started developing a feature film based on the comic book series Epic Kill by Raffaele Ienco about an 18-year-old assassin trying to avenge her parents deaths, with the President of the United States sending mercenaries to stop her.
[147][148] In March 2012, production companies Content House and Mosaic Media Group announced development of a Devoid of Life film based on the graphic novel by Raffaele Ienco.
Melinda Hsu Taylor was set to write the screenplay of a sci-fi tale about horrible deaths after the discovery of a hidden planet and a threat to human life.
[154] In the same month, Christopher Mintz-Plasse revealed he had not heard anything but expressed doubt that a third film would happen due to the second installment's disappointing box office performance.
In an August 2013 interview, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples stated that the point of Saga as they conceived it was "to do absolutely everything we couldn't do in a movie or a TV show.
[170] In February, Matthew Vaughn, who directed the first film, spoke optimistically about a "Hit-Girl" prequel: "If that happens, I'm pretty sure I can persuade Aaron and Chloe to come back and finish the story of Kick-Ass".
[185] In 2016, MGM optioned Rising Stars, with J. Michael Straczynski slated to write the script and Alex Gartner and Richard Suckle to produce for Atlas Entertainment.
[202] In January 2012, Patrick Sean Smith, the creator of TV series Greek, was hired to write an adaptation, and that P. J. Hogan was attached to direct the feature, which was to be produced by Lin Pictures and Animal Logic.
Steven Yeun from The Walking Dead was attached to voice the main character Tony Chu and Felicia Day as his love interest Amelia Mintz.
[255] In 2017, the rights have been acquired by United Kingdom company Manga Entertainment in order to develop a Japanese animated or live action series based on Wayward.
[260] In April 2018, Amazon Studios, Skybound Entertainment, and Jonathan Hickman announced to develop an hour long series based on East of West and Transhuman.