Writing duo Neil Gaiman and Rogery Avery, who last collaborated bringing BEOWULF to the big screen, have stepped down from adapting the graphic novel series BLACK HOLE for the big screen, according to MTV.
BLACK HOLE, the twelve-issue series where high school kids in the ’70s get a sexually transmitted disease called “teen plague,” which at first, has no known cause. Some only got a rash. Others became monsters and grew new body parts, like a tail or an extra mouth or webbing, is the great David Fincher’s next film–which apparently didn’t sit well with the writing team. Nothing personal, just a clash of the working styles. As Gaiman puts it: David explained his process consisted of having over ten drafts, done over and over, and Roger and I were sort of asked if we wanted to, if we were interested in doing that. And we definitely weren’t.
While I’m bummed Avery / Gaiman are off the project, and I can agree that Fincher’s method seems a little extreme, let’s face it… Fincher makes amazing movies, so he has to be doing something right by doing it that way… right?
No word just yet who will be replacing the writing duo for the adaptation, let’s just hope they’re able to bring the graphic novel to life, giving it justice and all that. If you haven’t hit up BLACK HOLE yet, use this as your excuse to do so now… so you’re privy to what’s going down once the movie finally hits.
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