There’s no telling exactly yet when director Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) is going to try tackling I Am Legend prequel, since he’s also attached to the graphic novel adaptation of SGT. ROCK and the book THE WORLD WITHOUT US and also SNOW AND SEVEN which is the re-imagining of the Snow White tale. Now you can add IN THE SMALL to his already full plate. According to Panjiba, Lawrence and producer Akiva Goldsman are developing the movie version of IN THE SMALL, housed at WB, which is based on the graphic novel by Michael Hague…
I’m not familiar with Hague’s work but apparently he’s one of America’s renown illustrator mainly children fantasy books like The Wizard of Oz, The Hobbit and others. The first draft of the script for the movie was written by screenwriter Laura Harrington. The plot will make you feel small, literally..
Here’s the official synopsis of the graphic novel..
“When a mysterious cataclysmic event, “the blue flash,” causes the population of the earth to shrink in size to six inches tall, suddenly humanity has the tables turned on itself: The very civilization it has created becomes its greatest obstacle to survival. Animals and the environment, which have long suffered under the rule and/or destruction of humans, are now some of their most feared enemies. Amid the confusion and turmoil, two strong teenagers, 18-year-old Mouse and his younger sister Beat, emerge as the most promising leaders, eventually setting out on a quest to discover the secret that could redeem this strange new world.”
