Mark Osborne will sit behind the lens for the animated adaptation of Jeff Smith's Eisner-winning comic book series, with Adam Kline co-writing the screenplay.
- Nov 17, 2016
AceShowbiz - Warner Bros. is bringing "Bone" comic book series to the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter brings the words that the studio has hired "Kung Fu Panda" helmer Mark Osborne as a director for the animated adaptation of Jeff Smith's Eisner-winning comic book series.
In addition to directing, the Oscar-nominated helmer will co-write the screenplay with Adam Kline. Osborne will also serve as an executive producer with Mark Bauch of Dan Lin's Lin Pictures, who will produce with Animal Logic's Zareh Nalbandian with the plan to make a trilogy of animated feature films.
Osborne says that "Bone" "is very special and unconventional because it blends elements together that you don't necessarily expect - soft, little comic characters and epic high-stakes fantasy adventure. To carry this into the cinematic realm presents both an opportunity to represent what readers of all ages have loved about the series, while pushing animated storytelling into exciting and different areas."
Published from 1991 to 2004, the comic book series follows three Bone cousins, Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone, who are all small, bald and humanlike creatures with big noses. They are separated and lost in a vast uncharted desert after being run out of Boneville. One by one, they find their way into a deep forested valley filled with wonderful and terrifying creatures.
The big-screen take on "Bone" has actually been in development for a few years, with Australian filmmaker P.J. Hogan ("Confessions of a Shopaholic") previously attached to direct.
