Those who grew up in the 1980s may remember a pretty great cartoon called Ulysses 31, which took Homer’s classic tale The Odyssey into space. Sadly we’re not getting a big budget version of that toon, but it seems Warner Bros. is keen on a similar idea, as Deadline reports they’ve put a sci-fi take on the ancient story into development.
James DiLapo has been hired to write the screenplay. He’s a relative newcomer – he only graduated from NYU last year – but has one unproduced script, Soviet drama Devils At Play, to his name, which won a couple of awards and landed on the Black List.
Homer’s original book is about the Greek hero Odysseus, who faces all sorts of perils while trying to make his way back home after the Battle of Troy. The article doesn’t mention any specifics about how the story will be adapted, but it does suggest the studio sees franchise potential in the idea.
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