Genre-bending filmmaker Edgar Wright and swashbuckling star Johnny Depp are teaming up to bring Neil Gaimans childrens bookFortunately, the Milkto the big screen.
Fox is in early talks to acquire the hybrid live-action and animation project, which features a script by Bret McKenzie ofFlight of the Conchords.
Gaiman, an author and graphic novelist who specializes in darkly imaginative fantasy tales,confirmed the newson Twitter; it wasfirst reportedby the Hollywood Reporter.
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Wright, whose credits includeScott Pilgrim vs. the WorldandShaun of the Dead, would direct the film, and Depp, currently on screen inBlack Mass, would star and produce.
Published last year by HarperCollins,Fortunately, the Milkis a whimsical story about a father who steps out to buy milk for his kids but gets waylaid by aliens, pirates, dinosaurs, and time travel.
