Avengelyne may be flying to Warner Bros., with the studio in early talks to acquire the comic book package that hit earlier this month.
Don’t Worry Darling filmmaker Olivia Wilde is attached to direct the feature, with Barbie team Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara of LuckyChap producing. The banner has a first-look deal with Warners, which made the studio the first stop for the package, which has added screenwriter Tony McNamara to the mix. Longtime X-Men producer Simon Kinberg is also producing.
Avengelyne launched in 1995 and centered on a fallen angel cast to Earth. The hero is entrusted to find and protect The One, a person who is the key to protecting humanity from demons and other monsters. Liefeld co-created the character with Cathy Christian and Tony Lobito. Liefeld, meanwhile, has Deadpool & Wolverine due out in July from Marvel Studios.
It’s one of several Liefeld creations that have garnered interest from Hollywood, among them Prophet, which once had Extraction filmmaker Sam Hargrave and star Jake Gyllenhaal attached, though the duo are no longer involved.
The package is the latest high-profile project Warners had acquired in recent months. It currently is shooting Ryan Coogler’s next movie, which the studio won in a bidding war earlier this year.
