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Wrath of the Titans' Dan Mazeau to Write Screen Adaptation of Yukikaze Sci-Fi Novels

Warner Brothers announced on Tuesday that it has tied Wrath of the Titans script-writer Dan Mazeau to the Yukikaze film project, which will adapt Chōhei Kambayashi's science-fiction novels and star Tom Cruise. Mazeau is also penning the proposed Bleach live-action film's screenplay.

The studio previously acquired the rights to adapt the story, and it will also finance and distribute the project. 3 Arts' Erwin Stoff and Tom Lassally and Viz Media's Jason Hoffs are producing the film. The three also worked with Cruise for the adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka's novel All You Need Is Kill, which will open in U.S. theaters on June 6, 2014 as Edge of Tomorrow.

In Kambayashi's story, the elite Special Air Force wages a secret war against aliens that unsuccessfully invaded Earth through a dimensional portal over Antarctica 33 years ago. Second Lieutenant Rei Fukai flies lonely yet danger-fraught reconnaissance missions over the aliens' home Planet With his wingmate, the sentient Sylphid fighter.

Kambayashi wrote the original Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze novel in 1984 and Good Luck Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze in 1999. Kanbayashi revised part of his original novel to flow better with its followup, and Hayakawa Publishing released the revised version under the name Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze Kai in 2002. The attendees of the Japan Science Fiction Convention gave Seiun Awards to both novels. Hayakawa published a third novel, Unbroken Arrow: Sentō Yōsei Yukikaze, in 2009.

The novels previously inspired a 2002-2005 video anime series from the studio Gonzo.

Viz Media publishes the original story in North America. Bandai Entertainment released the anime on DVD in North America from 2004 to 2006, and the related Honneamise label released the entire series on Blu-ray Disc in 2008.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news tip

Source: Variety