Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary Step Off Black Hole

Posted by dominie in Latest News, Movies on October 24th, 2008

MTV Reports that Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary, the duo behind Beowulf, have officially detached themselves from director David Fincher's adaptation of Black Hole.

The film is based on Charles Burns' twelve-issue graphic novel between 1995 and 2005 about the "aftermath of a sexually transmitted disease which causes grotesque mutations in teenagers." Some infected individuals will only get a rash, while others become monsters and grow new body parts, a tale, etc.

Originally, in November 2005, the adaptation was to be directed by Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes, Mirrors) from a screenplay by the duo. Once Fincher came aboard, "David explained his process consisted of having over ten drafts, done over and over," explains Gaiman. "Roger and I were sort of asked if we wanted to, if we were interested in doing that. And we definitely weren't [so we] sort of stood aside."

Currently, the duo's latest draft is still in the hands of Fincher, but as for the status of the project, they remain in the unknown.