DC’s ‘Fables’ Film Adaptation Greenlit… Again

How has this project not been made yet?

Bill Willingham’s Fables first launched in 2002 and has been a worldwide hit ever since. The series offers an original, adult take on the world of fairy tales, and is certainly worth checking out if you haven’t already. Here’s a synopsis for those who are unfamiliar:

When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters have created their own peaceful and secret society within an exclusive luxury apartment building called Fabletown. But when Snow White’s party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it is up to Fabletown’s sheriff, a reformed and pardoned Big Bad Wolf, to determine if the killer is Bluebeard, Rose’s ex-lover and notorious wife killer, or Jack, her current live-in boyfriend and former beanstalk-climber.

Heydey Films is set to produce a, well, film adaptation of Fables. A Danish Affair director Nikolaj Arcel will direct the picture, with a script coming from Jeremy Slater (who is also working on the Fantastic Four reboot). No other information has been revealed about the project, but we’ll be sure to keep you updated.

This of course, isn’t the first time that Fables has attempted to jump mediums. Warner Bros. was working on the project in 2004, and ABC tried to adapt it for television in 2008. Obviously, neither of those projects came to be (though I hear that ABC’s Once Upon A Time is doing pretty well, and offers some astounding similarities).

What do you think of the news? With names already attached, it certainly seems like the project will actually come to be this time around. Are you still enjoying Fables all these years later? Sound out below!

Source: The Hollywood Reporter