Following the large commercial and modest critical success of this year’s Detective Pikachu and the box office hit that was last year’s Rampage, it’s not hard to see that New Line Cinema would want to keep the video game adaptation streak going as they have begun development on a Space Invaders film with Greg Russo attached to script the project, according to Deadline.
The project will be produced by Weed Roads Pictures’ Akiva Goldsman alongside Safehouse Pictures’ Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell, with Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema distributing.
Russo is currently making waves in the industry thanks to his work scripting the upcoming Mortal Kombat film reboot for New Line Cinema, which also marks his debut screenplay, and is also currently attached to develop a Resident Evil film reboot and the sequel to Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the acclaimed manga and anime franchise Death Note.
In addition to scripting the Mortal Kombat reboot, which begins shooting in South Australia later this year, Russo is also attached to script the film adaptation of Volition’s acclaimed action-adventure series Saints Row, with F. Gary Gray producing and directing the adaptation.