Bill Willingham’s multi-Eisner Award-winning DC / Vertigo comic book series Fables is heading to the big screen courtesy of Harry Potter producer David Heyman and his production company Heyday Films, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.
Fables centres on a selection of fairy tale characters who are exiled from their homeland, forcing them to live in secret in New York City. The film adaptation will be directed by Academy Award-nominee Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair) – who is also attached to helm a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 classic Rebecca – and has been written by Jeremy Slater (The Fantastic Four).
This latest adaptation is not the first time that Hollywood has attempted to bring the comic book series to the screen; in 2004, Warner Bros. announced that it was developing a Fables feature film before pulling the plug prior to the scripting stage, while ABC also planned a TV version in 2008 before ultimately abandoning the project.
Originally published June 5, 2013. Updated April 11, 2018.
