Goyer Says "Y: The Last Man" Film Has A Script

Writer David Goyer told Crave Online that the long-gestating film adaptation of the acclaimed Brian K. Vaughan's comic book "Y: The Last Man" could begin production by next year.

The comic follows young amateur escape artist Yorick Brown and his pet monkey Ampersand, the last two men on Earth. Something simultaneously kills every mammal on Earth possessing a Y chromosome - including embryos, fertilized eggs, and even sperm. Society is plunged into chaos as infrastructures collapse and the surviving women everywhere try to cope with the loss of the men. Yorick goes on a mission to find his girlfriend Beth, who was on vacation in Australia.

Goyer will produce the pic--said

"We’ve got a script that’s as close as it’s ever been, so knock on wood. That could go into production next year… The first movie is meant to function as a standalone, but hopefully continue. Hopefully there will be others."

Earlier this year filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg, who helmed the film short "Portal: No Escape," was hired to direct the project ditching the previous script draft from Carl Ellsworth--Using instead a new script draft by Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia.

Both D.J. Caruso ("Disturbia") and Louis Leterrier ("The Incredible Hulk") were previously attached to helm the film while Shia Labeouf and singer Alicia Keys were linked to star way back when,