“The Walking Dead”(The Walking Dead) comic author Robert Kirkman (Robert Kirkman) another comic, “Oblivion Song” (Oblivion Song) is about to be put on the big screen. Today “Variety” reported that Jake Gyllenhaal (Jake Gyllenhaal) is expected to star in this sci-fi comic movie.
The story of “Song of the Forgotten” takes place in the future. 300,000 Philadelphia citizens suddenly disappeared. Scientists discovered that they had reached another dimension. They called that space “Oblivion” (Oblivion).
Scientist Nathan Cole (Nathan Cole) invented a device that allows people to shuttle in different dimensions. The government appointed him to lead a small team to go to the “Land of Lost” to rescue the 300,000 residents who disappeared. The rescue was not going well, and fewer people were rescued. As time passed, everyone no longer had hope, and the government stopped funding them.
But Nathan is unwilling to give up, he has to risk his life every day to continue to shuttle through different dimensions of the world, because his brother is still there, he wants to save him…
The comic “Song of the Forgotten” was published in March 2018, and 33 volumes have been published so far. It is planned to end after 36 volumes are published.
Universal was exposed in 2019 that it was preparing to adapt this comic, but now, this project has been transferred to New Republic Pictures. Gyllenhaal will also participate in the production through his own label “Nine Stories” (Nine Stories).
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