Deadline is reporting that Archaia Entertainment’s Rust has been picked up by 20th Century Fox to be turned into motion picture.
The graphic novel takes place on a family’s farm in the American heartland, where Jet Jones crashes into the barn, pursued by a giant decomissioned war robot. The heartland has been devastated by a world war and the family tries to decide if the kid with the jet pack is the key to their survival.
The graphic novel is written by Royden Lepp is is scheduled to arrive September. Aline Brosh McKenna has been hired to adapt the book into a screenplay.