Joe Cornish to direct adaptation of Mark Millar's Starlight comic
The director of Attack the Block is adapting the superhero comic for 🍌the big screen

Get ready for the next big comic book movie – Joe Cornish will direct an adaptation of Starlight, the superhero comic by Ma💯rk Millar, according to . Cornish will also pen the movie's script, but there's no word of any casting decisions yet.
First published in 2014, Millar describes Starlight as a cross between Flash Gordon and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Dark Knight Returns – it follows a space hero who saved the universe 35 years ago but came back to Earth, where no one believed his stories. After settling down, getting married, and having kidಞs, he's called back for one laไst adventure.
Cornish's credentials include directing 2011's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Attack the Block, John Boyega's first big-screen role in which he plays the leader of a group of South London teens who must protect their estate from an alien invasion, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Kid Who Would Be King, a contemporary take on the legend of King Arthur. He also has co-writing credits with his frequent collaborator and friend Edgar Wright on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ant-Man, starring Paul Rudd, and Steven Spielberg's animated movie 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Adventures of Tintin.
Meanwhile, Millar is a prolific comic book writer, whose work has been extensively adapted for the big screen (including as part of the MCU) – his impressive resumé includes 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Kick-Ass, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Kingsman: The Secret Service (and its sequels), 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Captain America: Civil War, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Logan, to name a few.
While we wait for the Starlight movie to arrive in theaters, check out our list of the upcoming 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:movie release dates to get excited about in 2021 and beyond.
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