J.D. Dillard is on board to direct the sci-fi thriller The Unusual, based mostly on a novel by Nathan Ballingrud, set in Thirties Mars
Director J.D. Dillard has gotten quite a lot of press for initiatives that he was hooked up to, however they fell aside. There was a remake of The Fly, a Star Wars film and a sequel to The Rocketeer… However whereas these high-profile initiatives have gotten away from him, he has managed to make just a few films in recent times: the sci-fi crime drama Sleight, the creature function Sweetheart, and the Korean Battle film Devotion. He has additionally directed episodes of Utopia, The Twilight Zone, The Outsider, and Two Sentence Horror Tales. Now, Deadline reviews that Dillard has signed on to direct an adaptation of the 2023 sci-fi thriller novel The Unusual, which was written by Nathan Ballingrud. Aisha Porter-Christie is writing the screenplay and the mission is about up at Black Label Media, the corporate that additionally produced Devotion.
Ballingrud’s novel is about in New Galveston, Mars within the 12 months 1931. Within the desolate frontier of a Martian colony, 14-year-old Anabelle Crisp embarks on a deadly quest by means of the desert, vowing revenge on the person who doomed her father to the gallows and stole her prized possession — the final recognized recording of her mom’s voice. The guide is alleged to evoke the gritty, lawless ambiance of True Grit mixed with the uncooked depth of Mad Max, following a younger woman’s relentless seek for justice as she battles ruthless outlaws and haunting mysteries on the rugged, untamed Martian panorama.
Dillard is producing The Unusual with David Eisenberg, in addition to Black Label Media’s Molly Smith, Rachel Smith, Thad Luckinbill, and Trent Luckinbill. Black Label is offering the financing.
Aisha Porter-Christie is co-showrunner of the Amazon MGM Studios collection Citizen, a collection from John Wick and No one author Derek Kolstad. She has additionally beforehand labored as a consulting producer on the Marvel / Netflix (now on Disney+) collection Daredevil and as a co-executive producer on Amazon’s Gen V.
Ballingrud’s different works embody Crypt of the Moon Spider, North American Lake Monsters, and Wounds: Six Tales from the Border of Hell. His novella The Seen Filth was was the 2019 movie Wounds, directed by Babak Anvari.
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