WATCHMEN producer Lloyd Levin has picked up the rights to FRAGMENT a thriller that sounds like a combination of JURASSIC PARK and AVATAR, if you can wrap your brain around that.
THE FRAGMENT, based on a book by Warren Fahy, goes something like this: The story follows a team of seafaring scientists filming a reality TV show on a remote South Pacific island. They are astonished to encounter a terrifying new species which has been evolving in isolation for 600 million years, an encounter caught on live TV.
When NASA and the Navy arrive to investigate, scientists realize the creatures and their ecosystem are lethal enough to wipe out the rest of the Earth. Authorities must decide whether to sterilize the island or try to save the terrible creatures.
No screenwriter or director has yet been attached, but it sounds like the project has serious “big movie” potential. I’m always down for an adventure tale like this – I live for giant creatures attacking humans – so “bring it on” is what I declare!