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 […]