While the rumors of a Attack the block sequel continues to do the rounds, Joe Cornish has settled on his next project for 20th Century Studios with an adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic Starlight
According to Deadline, Cornish will write and direct Starlight, which tells the story of ‘a space hero who saved the universe 35 years ago, but when he came back to Earth, no one believed his fantastic stories. He married, had children and settled into old age, but then his old rocket ship shows up and he is recalled for a fantastic adventure. ‘
Cornish was the last to direct the Underrated The boy who would be king, and before that he worked on Edgar Wright’s Ant man script and from Steven Spielberg Tintin, while Millar’s work has already been adapted for the screen in the form of Super awesome Wanted, and the Kingsman franchise.
Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon will produce the film through Genre Films, while Nira Park has also joined as producer.
