Ok, so there’s this graphic novel coming out that goes by the name “Cowboys and Aliens” You can get the picture of when this thing is about right? Back in the old west, some cowboys and Indians team up apparently to fight a group of Aliens that have crashed landed on earth and are up to no good. YeeeHaaaaa!
Ok, now I’ve got to admit that the idea of mixing a Western with a Sci-Fi film is pretty cool at first (but then again, isn’t that was Will Smith’s Wild Wild West was? Yikes!). I mean come on… this could be a cool idea right? Sure there is a huge potential for cheese, but I think the concept is one worth taking a risk on. Keep it light, don’t take itself too seriously, don’t degrade into slap stick yuk yuk humor… and this thing might actually be ok.
So far it looks like the project will be adapted by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby who both wrote the screen version of Children of Men and the new Iron Man movie, and has apparently got Ron Howard on as an executive producer. Not bad. No word yet on who would direct this sucker. But I’ll betcha that if the screenplay turns out slick that Howard looks to expand himself a little bit and takes this one over if he smells a hit.
Here’s the trailer for the graphic novel
