William Monahan, who penned the Oscar-winning screenplay for The Departed has been hired to adapt Arvid Nelson's graphic novel Oblivion says Deadline. Oblivion is set in an apocalyptic future where most people live high in the sky due to Earth's surface being uninhabitable, a soldier stuck on the ground goes about his job repairing hunter drones which seek out and destroy members of a savage alien race. He soon comes upon a beautiful woman whose craft has crashed nearby and together they set out on an epic adventure.
Joseph Kosinski (TRON Legacy) directs the project which doesn't have a production date scheduled as yet.
Barry Levine, Kosinski. Jesse Berger will produce the pic
The box-office success of 'Tron' will most likely impact whether or not this pic will be greenlit or not--Monahan makes a pretty high profile get.....
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