‘Avengelyne’ Adaptation From Producer Margot Robbie and Director Olivia Wilde Lands at WB With Tony McNamara Writing
This just took a turn! When news of Margot Robbie and LuckyChap packaging an adaptation of Rob Liefeld’s Avengelyne with Olivia Wilde directing first surfaced, I speculated that Warner Bros. could emerge as a solid contender for the film, both because of Robbie’s first-look deal at the studio and because of how well she did by Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy with 2023’s Barbie. This was confirmed today, but it didn’t stop there.
The project must have something really special going on, because multiple Oscar-nominated writer Tony McNamara, who most recently penned the Emma Stone vehicle Poor Things, has boarded the project according to The Hollywood Reporter. Simon Kinberg is also producing. The trade notes that WB is still in early talks to acquire the package, but it’s looking like a good option. Again, it just made sense — and moreover, it would have been most interesting had they not picked it up.
De Luca and Abdy had just boarded WB as film chiefs when Wilde’s last movie, Don’t Worry Darling, premiered to a gigantic social media controversy that derailed the conversation around a movie that was also critically panned. Wilde was thought to be in director’s jail, but Robbie must have used her Barbie leverage to throw a bone at a fellow female filmmaker. However, with McNamara, one of the hottest writers in town now on board, there might be more than meets the eye with this one.
Margot Robbie is keeping herself busy as a producer, having recently boarded Lionsgate’s Monopoly movie. She is also developing a Sims movie with Kate Herron directing.
Warners is currently busy producing Ryan Coogler’s mystery genre thriller, which started production in New Orleans earlier in April.
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as authors like Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
