DJ Caruso Explains What Went Wrong With ‘Y: The Last Man’
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Last we heard thatLouis Leterrier, director ofThe Incredible HulkandClash of the Titans,was circlinga big screen adaptation ofBrian K Vaughan’sY: The Last Man, but Warner Bros/New Line don’t know what to do with the property (Leterrier said in a later interview “I’d love to do it, but I need people to finance it, and the people financing it don’t know if it’s a TV show a movie, or what it should be.")
If you haven’t yet read the series, pick upthe paperback(orthe new hardcover) of the first volume, as I very highly recommend it. You may recall that Eagle Eye/Disturbia directorDJ Carusowas originally trying to get the film into production with actorShia LaBeouf. ScreenwritersCarl EllsworthandJeff Vintarcontributed drafts, as did comic co-creator Vaughn, but in the end the project fell flat. Now DJ Caruso is speaking out about what went wrong. Hit the jump for details.
MovieWebtalked to DJ Caruso and were able to find out more about what went wrong with his attempt to bring Y to the big screen:
As much as I’d love to see a big screen movie with a big budget expansive scale, it makes the most sense to turn the comic into a television series. If they could bring The Walking Dead to the small screen, then I’m convinced they could do Y: The Last Man.
Previously:
The non-superhero series is what sucked me into reading comic books again, and remains my favorite comic book series of all time. Y: The Last Man follows Yorick Brown, a young amateur escape artist, and his Capuchin monkey, Ampersand, the last two men on Earth. Something (speculated to be a plague) simultaneously kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome – including embryos, fertilized eggs, and even sperm. Society is plunged into chaos as infrastructures collapse and the surviving women everywhere try to cope with the loss of the men. Yorick goes on a mission to find his girlfriend Beth, who was on vacation in Australia.
I would love to see Y: The Last Man on the big screen but I’m not sure Leterrier is the director to helm such an adaptation. I haven’t really been impressed by his filmography thus far, and I’ve heard not so great things about his latest, Clash of the Titans. I’m starting to believe that Y might make a better premium cable television series than a movie.
Vaughan is an incredible writer, also known for various other comic books including Runaways. Vaughan joined the television showLOSTas a co-producer and writer mid-way through Season 3, but left last year. His presence could be felt though the pop culture-infused dialogue and some of the series' epic plot twists and cliffhangers. Vaughan has been working to invade Hollywood, writing screenplays including:Roundtablesetup at Dreamworks, developing his Marvel comicRunwaways, and an adaptation of his comicEx Machinais in development over at BenderSpink.
