Fans of Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett's graphic novel slash picture book Boilerplate rejoice or start gnashing your teeth, pending how you feel about the following news. J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production company will produce the film adaptation of Boilerplate. Paramount pick up the rights for the film adaptation previously.
I find the notion of a Victorian era robot inserted into historical moments intriguing. Looks like I'll have to head to the bookstore once again and find the source material. Any fans of the book out there? Thoughts?Boilerplate was a mechanical man developed by Professor Archibald Campion during the 1880s and unveiled at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.Built in a small Chicago laboratory, Boilerplate was a prototype soldier built for "preventing the deaths of men in the conflicts of nations". Although it was the only such prototype, Boilerplate was eventually able to exercise its proposed function in several combat actions.Boilerplate embarked on a series of expeditions to demonstrate its abilities, the most ambitious being a voyage to Antarctica. Boilerplate is one of history's great ironies, a technological milestone that remains largely unknown.
Sounds pretty awesome and that trailer was pretty funny. I'll see if it's at my local comics store.