While Darren Aronofsky is currently locking down his deal to direct Wolverine 2, he has also just signed on to develop and direct Machine Man, a cyber-thriller about a gadget geek at a forward thinking tech firm who is tired of being average and unnoticed in his life, and so decides to replace his weak flesh with high-end performance titanium upgrades of his own design. However, he then discovers that dark entities have heard about his changes and have formed plans to use him for their own ends.
Mandalay Films picked up the rights for the partial manuscript written by Max Barry last year. Barry is also publishing one page of his story online per day as a real time serial, which you can read here, and the complete story is set to be published as a novel by Vintage books in 2011.
Mark Heyman, who co-wrote Black Swan and co-produced The Wrestler, will be adapting the story into a screenplay for Aronofsky. Cathy Schulman will produce, with Barry himself serving as executive producer.
Being that Aronofsky was originally set to direct a reboot of Robocop, a project which was declared dead a while back, it seems like more than a coincidence that Aronofsky has chosen something that shares strong similarities to the former. There also seems to be strong themes of obsession and power within Machine Man, topics that Aronofsky has dealt with successfully many times, making him a great choice for this adaptation.
Aronofsky is looking to schedule to shoot this film straight after Wolverine 2 is completed, which he is no doubt currently busy with, trying to figure how to bring his own unique stamp to a superhero sequel.
Do Aronofsky fans feel that this is a worthwhile venture for the acclaimed director? Which are you looking forward to more: his Wolverine 2 or his Machine Man?
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