DreamWorks and Universal Pictures will join to turn the graphic novel "Cowboys & Aliens" into a live action feature.
Imagine partners Brian Grazer and Ron Howard will produce along with Platinum Studios chairman-CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Ervin Rustemagic and Rich Marincic co-produce.
Script will be written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby.
The graphic novel mixes Western and science fiction genres. Set in 1800s Arizona, a skirmish between cowboys and Apaches is interrupted by the crash landing of a space ship. The alien commander plans to tame the Old West and enslave everyone, but the cowboys and Native Americans turn their six-guns against the alien invaders.
Rosenberg, who ran Malibu Comics when "Men in Black" transferred from graphic novel to hit film, created the concept for "Cowboys & Aliens" and published the graphic novel in 2006.
Kurtzman and Orci scripted the upcoming DreamWorks/Paramount summer film "Transformers."
Fergus and Hawk Ostby's recent credits include "Children of Men" and "Iron Man."
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Isn't this the western/sci-fi comic book I wrote but that T-Billy refused to draw?
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