Bruce Willis will star in The Surrogates, Disney’s big-screen adaptation of the Top Shelf Productions sci-fi series by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele.
Variety reports that production is set to begin in February. Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3) will direct from a script by Michael Ferris and John Brancato (Terminator 3, Catwoman).
The Surrogates is set in 2054, when humans interact through robots who are idealized versions of themselves. In that “perfect world,” police detectives Harvey Greer and Pete Ford must stop a techno-terrorist who is determined to return society to a time when people actually lived their own lives.
The comic was released by Top Shelf in 2005-2006 as a five-issue miniseries, and then collected as a trade paperback.
The movie is expected to be released through Touchstone.
November 19th, 2007 at 8:42 am
This is insane! I talked to Venditti at Megacon 06 and he sold me on this book! A must for William Gibson or Philip K. Dick fans. Nice guy and a great book…I really hope this pans out…Congrats!
November 19th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Wow, I’m actually wearing a Surrogates t-shirt right now. Haven’t read the book, but I loved the logo.
I’ve been meaning to give the comic a try.
November 19th, 2007 at 10:24 am
Brought to us by the people that made Terminator 3 and Catwoman?
I wont get my hopes up.
November 19th, 2007 at 10:31 am
My impression of Catwoman was that the director was nuts and had no idea what a Catwoman movie should be. If that’s true then I can’t really judge the writer by it, he may have just been doing what the crazy person told him to do.
November 19th, 2007 at 10:44 am
This makes me interested in the book … but not the movie. “From the writers of Catwoman.” Ugh.
November 19th, 2007 at 11:20 am
I only read the first couple of issues – great book though. I don’t remember how it goes though. Will Willis play his own surrogate? Does the main guy lose his surrogate and have to go it on his own? If he plays his own surrogate he can do both the fit-action-guy stuff (everything he does) and the out of shape-guy stuff (16 Blocks).
November 19th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Hey, Terminator 3 was fun. Big Dumb Fun with an insane car chase/truck chase/tear up the city sequence. I actually think I liked it better than the somewhat bloated Terminator 2.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
As soon as finished this book I thought it would make a great flick. I love a good Bruce Willis action film. I hope it pans out because from the writers of “Catwoman” is a scary thought.
November 19th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
One of my favorite comic books. Can’t recommend it enough, especially to sci-fi fans. Great news and great casting in Willis. Big congrats to Robert and Brett.
Best,
Tom Waltz
Editor/Writer
IDW Publishing
http://www.idwpublishing.com
November 20th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
I’ve never seen Catwoman and wasn’t fond of T3. I am not sure using those two movies as reference is a good move. Might want to avoid “… and the director who brought you Batman & Robin” while you’re at it.