After practically 30 years, Rob Liefeld’s Avengelyne could lastly get a film adaptation. Through Deadline, Liefeld is reportedly teaming up with Margot Robbie and Olivia Wilde on an Avengelyne movie. Wilde is hooked up to direct the film, whereas Robbie is barely producing the movie. But when Robbie decides to play the title position, then it has a greater likelihood of being made.
Liefeld, who co-created Deadpool with author Fabian Nicieza, first printed Avengelyne’s comic-book adventures in 1995. Avengelyne was co-created by Liefeld and former Vampirella mannequin Cathy Christian, who lent her likeness to the character and appeared in cosplay as Avengelyne on a number of comic-book covers.
The title character of Avengelyne is a fallen angel who’s exiled to Earth and stripped of most of her powers. After taking refuge in an area church, Avengelyne discovers that demons are brazenly planning to result in Hell on Earth and she or he devotes herself to stopping them. Avengelyne was a part of the ’90s bad-girl craze in comics, though she was much more virtuous than her contemporaries like Woman Loss of life. Nonetheless, Avengelyne’s publication historical past is spotty at greatest, and she or he hasn’t had her personal comedian since 2011.
Liefeld has beforehand tried to get an Avengelyne adaptation going with Gina Carano in 2013, six years earlier than Carano co-starred in The Mandalorian. That model of the film did not go ahead, and in 2016, Paramount picked up the rights with screenwriter Akiva Goldsman hooked up to the undertaking.
The present Avengelyne film is not arrange at any studio or streaming outlet, however it can reportedly quickly be shopped round on the power of Robbie and Wilde’s reputations. We should always know quickly if Avengelyne will get picked up.