Y: The Last Man Turning Into A HBO Series?
Louis Leterrier wants to turn the in development hell project, Y: The Last Man, into a series or miniseries for HBO.
New Line first optioned Brian K Vaughan's comics series for a feature film. But Set backs sent the project way way back on the back burner.
Leterrier's not formally attached to the project but is trying to convince New Line and parent company Warner Bros. to let him run with an ambitious idea. "[It wouldn't work as] one large film, no. I'd love to do it as a TV show or a three-part series."
The problem always seemed to stem from the difficulty in adapting Vaughan's work, which spanned five years and 60 issues, into one two-hour movie. Says Leterrier of TV, "You take time to get to know your characters. You can introduce a lot of characters. You don't need your three-action set pieces that you usually need for movies."
The unfortunate thing is that "the people financing it don't know if it's a TV show a movie, or what it should be," explains Leterrier. I love the idea of a series on HBO and hopefully it's something Leterrier can convince New Line/WB to work with sister company HBO on finally bringing the story to life.
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