 The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to Bone. Of course this is the independent comic book whose rights were held by artist Jeff Smith. The fantasy series followed three cousins from the Bone family who are small, white and bald humanlike creatures with big noses. The trio are run out of their hometown and find themselves in a mysterious valley where they are separated and hunted by other creatures. They are taken in by a girl named Thorn and her grandmother, and find out that the valley is threatened by an evil force called the Lord of the Locusts.
I never bothered to pick this book up when it was an ongoing series from 1991-2004 but I do remember all the hoopla over the last issue. Right now Scholastic is still churning out the stories in the graphic novel format. Now anyone that is familiar with the book know that this will be a tough movie to manage. Live action? CGI? Animated? What route will they finally decide on?
Apparently awhile back Nickelodeon had the rights to make the film but they wanted to aim the movie ay kids. Smith didn't agree with the way they were moving the project and apparently they even wanted to include some "pop songs" as well. I don't blame him. If you are fairly new to the character I suggest checking out this site and it will give all the information you need about the character and the history behind him.
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