ARTEMIS: ‘Silver And Black’ And ‘Captain Marvel’ Scribe To Adapt Andy Weir Novel For Fox
Sony/Marvel project Silver & Black may still have a ways to go before actually getting the ball rolling with Gina Prince-Bythewood set to direct. Its screenwriter, however, isn’t holding back on her involvement with several major IP titles still in embryotic and development stages.
Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Tomb Raider, Captain Marvel) is taking to the keyboard once more to script an adaptation of Artemis, Andy Weir’s 2017 novel and follow-up to his debut bestseller, The Martian. As Mike Fleming Jr. noted exclusively at Deadline, Phil Lord & Chris Miller (The Lego Movie) are reportedly being tapped to helm the film for Fox whose Simon Kinberg will produce with Adita Sood at New Regency.
Crown describes Artemis as an adrenaline-charged crime caper that features smart, detailed world-building based on real science. It centers on Jasmine Bashara, aka Jazz, just another too-smart, directionless twentysomething chafing at the constraints of her small town and dreaming of a better life. Except the small town happens to be named Artemis — and it’s the first and only city on the moon. She’s got debts to pay, her job as a porter barely covers the rent, and her budding career as a smuggler isn’t exactly setting her up as a kingpin, much to her disappointment. So when the chance at a life-changing score drops in her lap, Jazz can’t say no, and she finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself.
Production start and casting news remain pending.
Native New Yorker. Been writing for a long time now, and I enjoy what I do. Be nice to me!