Movie fans really should get to know the name Daniel H. Wilson as he is going to be the man behind quite a few blockbusters in the coming years. Some might remember a few weeks back when it was announced on the same day that Steven Spielberg would be following War Horse with an adaptation of Wilson's forthcoming book Robopocalypse and that Jack Black and Steve Pink optioned Wilson's How To Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion. Those two books may be the first ones to be adapted, but they won't be the last.
According to Deadline, Summit Entertainment has acquired the rights to AMP, another book by Daniel H. Wilson, and have attached Dark City director Alex Proyas to produce and possibly helm. Though the book is not yet written, but the story is set in the near future when technology is used to help the disabled, but, as a result, turns them into supermen. Working Title and Paramount were also interested in the book and put in bids, but Wilson liked Proyas' take, which will involve shooting in Australia with a modest budget. Much like Wilson did with Robopocalypse, the plan is to hire a screenwriter that Wilson will pass pages to as he writes.
The whole idea reminds me of a 60 Minutes piece from last year about a prosthetic arm being developed by the DEKA Research and Development Corporation. The arm, of course, doesn't bestow superhuman strength on the person wearing it, but it does show how incredibly far technology has come (you can check out the 60 Minutes segment below). All I really hope is that it isn't just some Six Million Dollar Man ripoff.
