Fox has put Carter
Blanchard (Independence Day Resurgence) in charge of adapting Steelheart, the
first of a three-book trilogy written by Brandon Sanderson, and for which the
studio wants Shawn Levy to direct.
The book series gives the
superhero genre a turn on its head, with the idea asking what would happen if
superheroes decided to in a totalitarian like fashion rule over regular humans?
Steelheart started ten years ago, when a burst in the sky gave ordinary people extraordinary powers. The overwhelmed public started
calling them Epics. Epics are no friends of man. With incredible gifts came the
desire to rule. And to rule man, you must crush his will. Now, in what was once
Chicago, an astonishingly powerful Epic named Steelheart has installed himself
as emperor. Steelheart possesses the strength of ten men and can control the
elements. It is said that no bullet can harm him, no sword can split his skin,
and no fire can burn him. He is invincible. Nobody fights back . . . nobody but
the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, the Reckoners spend their
lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them.
And David wants in. When Steelheart came to Chicago, he killed David’s father.
For years, like the Reckoners, David has been studying, and planning, and he
has something they need. Not an object, but an experience. He has seen
Steelheart bleed. And he wants revenge.
Source - Deadline
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