Oh my goodness, I have some exciting news for Shia’s new and upcoming projects! Shia is reportedly going to star in two movie adaptations of Horns and Preacher which derive from a novel and comic book series respectively. Here are the details:
“HORNS”
Shia LaBeouf is attached to star in the feature film adaptation of the Joe Hill novel Horns. LaBeouf will play Ig Perrish, a 26-year-old who drinks heavily on the first anniversary of his girlfriend’s murder and awakes the next morning with horns growing from his head: “As his horns grow bigger, Ig sets out to investigate the unsolved murder of his girlfriend and the case’s connection to his cursed fate.”
Keith Bunin (In Treatment) will adapt the screenplay for Mandalay Pictures, who optioned Horns in 2009 shortly before the book was published. Hit the jump for the full synopsis, plus a look at the other projects Hill and LaBeouf have in development.
The book synopsis:
Merrin Williams is dead, slaughtered under inexplicable circumstances, leaving her beloved boyfriend Ignatius Perrish as the only suspect. On the first anniversary of Merrin’s murder, Ig spends the night drunk and doing awful things. When he wakes the next morning he has a thunderous hangover . . . and horns growing from his temples. Ig possesses a terrible new power to go with his terrible new look—a macabre gift he intends to use to find the monster who killed his lover. Being good and praying for the best got him nowhere. Now it’s time for revenge . . .
Variety reports that Hill, the son of Stephen King, will executive produce Horns. Hill has two other literary works in the Hollywood development cycle. Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman are developing Heart Shaped Box as a feature film starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan; Jesse McCartney, Miranda Otto, Sarah Bolger, Nick Stahl, and Skylar Gaertner star in the TV series adaptation of Hill’s comic book Locke & Key produced by Steven Spielberg, Josh Friedman, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman.
Source: Collider
“Preacher”
Just about a month ago now, D.J. Caruso officially confirmed his involvement as the director of an upcoming adaptation of the Garth Ennis comic book series “Preacher.” The project has been brewing for a long time in Hollywood, and now it finally seems to be coming together.
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“It is a crazy road trip and I think what’s amazing and what makes Sony so brave is they can see there’s a real universality to the story when you have good vs. evil,” he told CloneWeb. “I think when you have these crazy characters, that are not necessarily politically correct, there’s something generally attractive to those characters and those elements.”
“But at the end of the day it really is a story about good vs. evil and the decisions that you make,” he added. “So I think there’s a great universality that makes the movie commercial but at the same time it’s one of those that will shock you.”
The interviewer then turned the topic to casting, pressing Caruso for some information. While nothing formal has been discussed, the director admitted that he’s never received so many calls and texts from actors who want a part in his upcoming movie. Pressed again for details, he finally relented and dropped a few choice nuggets.
“An actor I love very much and who I’ve had a conversation with is Chris Pine, for Jesse [Custer, the main character],” he said.
“Shia LaBeouf loves Arseface. He wants to play Arseface. So we’re kind of working that out,” he said, just before a cough is heard offscreen. Alex Pettyfer, Caruso’s “Number Four” star, also participated in the interview, and prompted the director to add one more possibility to the pile.
Source: MTV
Aren’t you guys excited for this?? So happy that there are lots of exciting projects coming in his way!
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