Edgar Wright To Direct Sony's GRASSHOPPER JUNGLE And Will Make BABY DRIVER Next

Deadline reports that Sony's Matt Tolmach (Amazing Spider-Man 1-2) has tapped Edgar Wright (Shaun of The Dead, Hot Fuzz, World's End) to direct the film adaptation of Andrew Smith's novel Grasshopper Jungle. It's a big move for Edgar Wright, who just parted-ways with Marvel Studios over Ant-Man rewrites. A project he had been working on for almost a decade. Grasshopper Jungle sounds interesting enough of a concept, and seems like familiar ground for Wright.

"Grasshopper Jungle, which is best described as Stand By Me meets Attack The Block, seems right in Wright’s wheelhouse. It’s a coming-of-age story that focuses on an Iowa teen trying to come to grips with his own raging hormones and sexual feelings as he and his cohorts cause a deadly genetically engineered plague that unleashes an army of 6-foot-tall praying mantises. Those bugs live the life these guys wish for, acting on an insatiable appetite for fighting, food, and fornicating."

It's also noted that his next film will indeed be his self-scripted Baby Driver. An action flick which would be something a bit more action genre-forward, and less comedic focused. Sounds like Edgar might be choosing his projects a bit more carefully from now on.

SOURCE: DEADLINE

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Alex Proyas Attached To Direct Sci-Fi Action Flick AMPED

HeatVision reports that Daniel H. Wilson will have another of his sci-fi novels adapted into a film. The novel Amped has been picked up by Working Title with Alex Proyas (Dark City, The Crow) attached to direct. Wilson's other novel Robopocalypse has been turned into a feature with Steven Spielberg directing with Chris Hemsworth and Anne Hathaway starring. Proyas had previously tapped to direct a large scale epic titled Paradise Lost based on the fall of Lucifer.

Set in the near future, Amped imagines a world where nanotech-enhanced people and ordinary humans are at war with one another.

Edgar Wright's 'WORLD'S END' Starring Simon Pegg And Nick Frost Could Shoot In September With Spring 2013 Release Date

Any thoughts of Ant-Man being released in 2013 have been scrapped as Deadline reports World's End is next for director Edgar Wright. The final film in the Wright/Pegg trilogy (Shaun of The Dead, Hot Fuzz, World's End) is expected to start production in September with a possible Spring 2013 release date. Universal/Working Title are currently working out the details with Wright. We also finally get the film's synopsis which doesn't exactly reveal if aliens are involved or not. At least we know that it will end up earning an R-rating along with Nick Frost in a supporting role.

"20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub, The World’s End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching The World’s End is the least of their worries."


This likely means that if Ant-Man does get the go-ahead it won't be going into production until Wright has completed all the press tours for World's End. Giving the impression that it might start shooting after Captain America 2 ends it's production during Summer 2013. It should be enough time to meet that May 2014 release date that hasn't been filled as Edgar is rather quick with post-production.