Diablo Cody
After completion of her book, Cody was encouraged by Mason Novick to write her first screenplay. Within months she wrote "Juno", a coming-of-age story about a teenager's unplanned pregnancy. The Jason Reitman-directed comedy stars Ellen Page and Michael Cera.
Lobo (DC Comics)
Most of his children are slain in a battle with the 'Brutish' empire, a race of aliens who had decided to take the empty planet for their own. Lobo kills the invading force, then spends much time battling the last of his kids. These fights take place in a highly arid region, with little plant life. Eventually he is the sole survivor. The planet suffers much damage in the battles.
In September 2009, Warner Bros. announced that Guy Ritchie would direct a live-action adaptation featuring the comic book character. "Variety" described the premise: "Lobo is a seven-foot tall, blue-skinned, indestructible and heavily muscled antihero who drives a pimped out motorcycle, and lands on Earth in search of four fugitives who are bent on wreaking havoc. Lobo teams with a small town teenage girl to stop the creatures." Ritchie was scheduled to begin production of "Lobo" in early 2010 and bring an "irreverent, gruff tone" to the film as he did with previous films "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch", though the studio was reportedly aiming for a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. In early 2010, it was reported that Ritchie had left the project in order to pursue working on a sequel to his hit film "Sherlock Holmes" instead. The future of the movie was then put on hold. In 2012, Deadline reported that Brad Peyton would write and direct the film. July 2012, Dwayne Johnson announced via Twitter that he was in talks with Joel Silver and Brad Peyton to portray Lobo, however on in February of the following year, Johnson left the project to play another villain from the DC Comics, Black Adam, in "Shazam". In March 2016, it was reported that Jason Fuchs will be writing the film's script. In February 2018, DC Films is eying Michael Bay to direct the film inspired by the success of Tim Miller's "Deadpool" film, but only if Bay agrees to direct under the right budget that's below $200 Million.