The Hollywood Reporter has brought word that Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)’s next project, an adaptation of the sci-fi children’s novel The Last Human, has sparked a heated bidding war between studios.
The two form an unlikely friendship as they embark on a journey in search of a mysterious place on the map, challenging the prejudices of the new future without war, pollution or crime.
Henry Gayden, who co-wrote the script for the upcoming DC Extended Universe film Shazam!, has been attached to pen the script for the adaptation, with Amulet Books set to publish the book on October 8.
The novel, written by Lee Bacon, is set in a future where robots have eliminated the human population, but a 12-year-old robot is surprised when it discovers a human girl named Emma who is still alive, having survived by hiding in an underground bunker.