A film adaptation from the comic book “Starlight” by Mark Millar is being brought to the big screen by “Attack the Block” director Joe Cornish…
Famed comic writer Mark Millar will have another of his creations adapted for a film — this time with his limited run series “Starlight” at 20th Century Studios.
Joe Cornish — who is best known as the writer and director of the cult sci-fi hit “Attack the Block” — will be directing the “Starlight” adaptation as well as penning the script for the project.
Here’s the official synopsis for “Starlight”:
“Forty years ago, Duke McQueen was the space hero who saved the universe. But then he came back home, got married, had kids, and grew old. Now his children have left and his wife has passed away, leaving him alone with nothing except his memories…until a call comes from a distant world asking him back for his final and greatest adventure.”
The story is described as Flash Gordon meets “The Dark Knight Returns” as the space hero returns from his adventures yet no one on Earth seems to believe what he’s done until he’s called back into action for one last mission.
There’s no word yet when production could possibly begin for the “Starlight” movie with Cornish just being secured to adapt the comic into a film.
