It shouldn't come as any surprise to comic book fans that major Hollywood studios are busy snapping up rights to just about any graphic novel that they can get their hands on. With 2012 being the year of the superhero (thanks for that, "The Avengers," "The Amazing Spider-Man" and "The Dark Knight Rises"), the comic book medium continues to prove that it can make big bucks on the big screen as long as adaptations are done correctly.
The latest two projects to be picked up are "Lucid" and "Undying Love." Warner Bros has claimed both of them, which makes sense since it seems like their plans to adapt the DC Universe—much like Disney is with Marvel's—isn't panning out as well as the studio would have hoped. Sorry, "Green Lantern," you just didn't quite bring it all together for us.
However, both comic book series stand a bit outside the average moviegoer's spectrum of knowledge. That should change, though, based on the big talent attached to both adaptations. Variety is reporting that "I Am Legend" writer/producer Akiva Goldsman is attached to develop and produce "Lucid." For those of you not familiar with the story, "Lucid" follows spy/mage Matthew Dee as he seeks to ensure America's freedom from the evil forces trying to destroy it.
On the other hand, Deadline is reporting that "Piranha 3D" and "The Hills Have Eyes" director Alexandre Aja is in negotiations to direct the adaptation of "Undying Love." The film will follow an ex-soldier who falls for a vampire and has to destroy her creator in order for the two of them to be together. The only problem is that an army of monsters living in the Hong Kong underworld protects the creator.
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