EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century Fox has acquired the Royden Lepp graphic novel Rust: Visitor in the Field, and has set Aline Brosh McKenna to write the script. The graphic novel takes place on a family’s farm in the American heartland, where Jet Jones crashes into the barn, pursued by a giant decommissioned war robot. The heartland has been devastated by a world war and the family tries to decide if the kid with the jet pack is the key to their survival. The graphic novel will be published in September by Archaia Entertainment.
Rust: Visitor in the Field
Conceived & written by Royden Lepp
Adapted for the screen by Aline Brosh McKenna
Directed by Carlos Saldanha (tbc)
Friday, 15 July 2011
Fox buys rights to Royden Lepp's 'Rust'
News as broken by Mike Flemming at Deadline.
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