‘Avengelyne’ Package To Warner Bros With Margot Robbie, Olivia Wilde, Simon Kinberg; ‘Poor Things’ Tony McNamara To Adapt ‘Deadpool’ Creator Rob Liefeld Comic Book
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is negotiating to close a seven figure film rights deal for Avengelyne — Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld’s signature comic book creation about an angel who fights the forces of evil.
Most of the deals are closed. Deadline hears Margot Robbie is eyeing to star as the title character (subject to script), Olivia Wilde will direct, and Poor Things scribe Tony McNamara will write the screenplay.
Aboard to produce is LuckyChap, the shingle Robbie runs with Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, and Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon through their Genre banner.
This one came to Warner Bros and the studio pre-empted it. It is the second big deal for the studio in a week. Warner Bros has closed a $2.5 million deal to secure a rights package for a movie about Chris Farley that Paul Walter Hauser will star in, with Josh Gad directing.
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