Nicole Perlman wrote the initial drafts that helped Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy start its journey to the screen, and the studio has kept her around as one of the duo writing Captain Marvel. Now she’s found another, much darker science fiction project to work on at the same time, signing on to rewrite the adaptation of Wool for 20th Century Fox.
Hugh Howey’s high concept novel was something of a sensation when the self-published e-book became a massive success and 20th Century Fox quickly dived in to snap up the rights. The book is set in a dystopian future where the planet’s air has become toxic and the population lives crowded in a giant underground silo. We follow several characters as they begin to learn that all is not quite how the authorities have told them.
Ridley Scott and Steven Zaillian are producing the adaptation, for which J Blakeson has written a couple of drafts. Perlman will now take over before the team starts looking for a director. If the film is a success, there are several Wool stories, plus prequel trilogy Shift and follow-up tome Dust just waiting to serve as source material for other movies.
As mentioned above, Perlman is busy co-writing **Captain Marvel along with Meg LeFauve, who was one of the screenwriters on Pixar’s Inside Out.