Having spent a long time wandering the halls of development hell, it looks like Plastic Man is about to get another chance at screens. Or, this case, her chance, as the bendy DC Comics character is getting a gender flip in the process.
Cat Vasko, whose work has appeared on the Black List and has several scripts in development with different companies, is the latest writer attached to put her stamp on the character, whether that indicates a title change or not.
Launched in 1941 in Quality Comics, Plastic Man owes his creation to writer-artist Jack Cole. Patrick "Eel" O’Brien was a safe-cracking burglar shot while pulling a job with his gang at the Crawford Chemical Works and doused with the contents of a mysterious drum of liquid. Somehow escaping the cops, he ended up at a monastery where a monk cared for him and inspired him to become a hero. He discovered that he can now bend, twist and shape his body into any form. A stretchy superhero was born! In 1956, Quality Comics shut down and DC acquired many of its characters, folding the bendy benchmark into its stable. Since then, he's enjoyed a run in his own animated series and even spent time as a member of the Justice League.
Amanda Idoko was the previous writer aboard, hired to 2018 to write her own version. Aside from the new gender version, there are no details as to whether Vasko's will continue the comedy action concept for the idea.