{"id":111425,"date":"2020-01-19T13:40:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T13:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=111425"},"modified":"2023-03-22T13:20:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T13:20:46","slug":"brian-k-vaughans-the-great-machine-film-adds-oscar-isaac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/brian-k-vaughans-the-great-machine-film-adds-oscar-isaac\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian K Vaughan&#8217;s The Great Machine film adds Oscar Isaac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following last week&#8217;s announcement that Legendary Entertainment would be taking on Brian K Vaughan&#8217;s\u00a0<em><strong>Ex Machina\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>and adapting it into a feature film (titled\u00a0<em><strong>The Great Machine<\/strong><\/em>), the project seems to be well underway already: it&#8217;s already found its star in Oscar Isaac.<\/p>\n<p>Isaac is known for starring in films like\u00a0<em><strong>Ex Machina\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(ha),\u00a0<em><strong>Inside Llewyn Davis<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<em><strong>A Most Violent Year<\/strong><\/em> and\u00a0<em><strong>Annihilation<\/strong><\/em>. He also played Poe Dameron in the\u00a0<em><strong>Star Wars\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>franchise and En Sabah Nur\/Apocalypse in\u00a0<em><strong>X-Men: Apocalypse<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For those unfamiliar with Vaughan\u2019s comic book series, it follows the life of Mitchell Hundred (also known as the Great Machine, hence the new title), the world\u2019s first and only superhero. In the wake of his actions during 9\/11, he is elected Mayor of New York City. The story is set during his time in office, and is interwoven with flashbacks to his old life as the Great Machine.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/oscar-isaac-star-produce-brian-k-vaughan-adaptation-1270443?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=THR%27s%20Heat%20Vision_now_2020-01-17%2011:37:10_acouch&amp;utm_term=hollywoodreporter_heat_vision\">THR<\/a>, Isaac will be taking on the role of Mitchell Hundred\/The Great Machine, but he&#8217;s also set to produce the film alongside his manager and producer Jason Spire. The pair previously worked together to produce MGM&#8217;s\u00a0<em><strong>Operation Finale<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0Vaughan is set to produce as well.<\/p>\n<p>Vaughan\u2019s other popular works include\u00a0<em><strong>Y: The Last Man<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<em><strong>Saga<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<em><strong>Runaways\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>and\u00a0<em><strong>Paper Girl<\/strong><\/em>. He is also involved in TV, and was the showrunner and executive producer of CBS\u2019s series adaptation of Stephen King\u2019s\u00a0<em><strong>Under The Dome<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0<em><strong>The Great Machine<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is part of Vaughan\u2019s huge overall deal with Legendary.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Seberg\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>and\u00a0<em><strong>The Aftermath<\/strong><\/em>\u2018s Anna Waterhouse and Joe Shrapnel have reportedly been tapped to pen the script for the upcoming film. Vaughan will serve as a producer but a director is yet to be hired.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get all the latest sci-fi news with every issue of SciFiNow.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar Isaac will star in and produce Legendary&#8217;s The Great Machine <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":111426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[2615,3],"tags":[3714,6735],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-19-at-13.37.44.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127503,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111425\/revisions\/127503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}