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12 August 2008 12:48 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

James Patterson's young adult book series Maximum Ride will be turned into a film franchise by Columbia Pictures. The premise involves six children who have been genetically modified to be 98% human and 2% bird. After escaping from a test laboratory, their scientist creators dispatch a pack of human-wolf hybrids called Erasers to track them down. Don Payne (Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer) (more)

By Simon Reynolds

8 August 2008 10:23 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Columbia Pictures is all set and ready to develop a big-screen franchise based on James Patterson’s best-selling novel series “Maximum Ride,” according to Variety.

The story focuses on six kids who underwent genetic modification to be 98 percent human and 2 percent bird. After escaping from the laboratories they’re held at, the children are pursued by a gang of werewolves sent to track them down.

Don Payne, screenwriter of “My Super Ex-Girlfriend” and “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,” is writing the script.

Producer Avi Arad thinks “Maximum Ride” would make a good big-screen franchise. "The ‘Maximum Ride’ books use man-made mutation as a metaphor of humans trying to take advantage of human frailty and interfere with nature," he told Variety.

I guess Arad knows what he’s talking about. After all, he’s a big-time Hollywood producer who worked on films such as “Spider-Man,” “X-Men” and “Iron Man.

Franck Tabouring

2 articles from 2008