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‘Dodgeball’ Writer Reworking ‘Umbrella Academy’ Movie

Sandy Schaefer — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:27:29 +0000

A film adaptation of My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way’s comic book, The Umbrella Academy, has been in the works for a few years now – and as far as stories about the difficulties of being a super-powered family go, this is definitely one of the weirder ones.

Universal is the company behind the Umbrella Academy adaptation, which joins R.I.P.D. as one of two Dark Horse comic flicks being actively developed by the studio. Mark Bomback (Live Free or Die Hard, Unstoppable) wrote the previous draft of the screenplay for the project.

According to Deadline, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story scriber Rawson Marshall Thurber has been recruited to rework Bomback’s script for Umbrella Academy. The film currently does not have a director attached and is being produced by Dark Horse’s Mike Richardson, who is also ...

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Mid-Week Movie News Wrap Up – April 9, 2009

Niall Browne — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:30:50 +0000

This week:

Russell knows Aaron and Sarah; Freddy Krueger claims his first victim; more superheroes in The Umbrella Academy;; Warners dust off an old Goonies 2 script for Treehouse Gang and ever wondered what a movie starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Salma Hayek and Maria Bello would be like?

1. The Hollywood outsider who always manages to get in David O. Russell – is readying a new romantic comedy entitled Aaron and Sarah.The plot of the John Hughesesque comedy is as follows:

“Story centers on a nerdy guy and a popular girl who meet as freshmen and, over four years of high school, four proms and one funeral, become friends and eventually fall in love.”

It sounds like typical Hollywood fare, but I think that there just might be a little bit of bite to it – after all this is from the man who directed Three ...

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