IRON WIDOW: Sci-Fi Mecha Franchise In The Vein Of ‘Pacific Rim’ Works At Picturestart
A new mecha franchise is reportedly on the horizon from Picturestart, according to Variety’s Matt Donnelly on author Xiran Jay Zhao’s 2021 New York Times bestselling Penguin Teen Canada publication, Iron Widow. The report notes that J.C. Lee (The Morning Show, Looking and Love, Victor) is set to adapt the novel with Picturestart founder and CEO, Erik Feig, producing alongside Jessica Switch and Julia Hammer with Samie Kim Falvey exec producing. Here’s how Penguin Random House describes the book: Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers. The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn’t matter that the girls often die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it’s to assassinate the ace male pilot […]