Even though his thriller "Eagle Eye" will be hitting shelves on DVD and Blu-Ray today, writer/director D.J. Caruso keeps hearing one question every time he plops down in the interview chair, "Why?" -- or more specifically, "Y?" -- as in his in-the-works adaptation of Vertigo Comics' "Y: The Last Man."
Case in point, in a recent sit-down with Caruso, SuperHeroHype.com once again brought up the possible trilogy which follows the last man on earth, and as usual, the director was more than willing to give fans of the comic an update -- this time, on the struggles involved with adapting such an epic tale.
"I think it's one of those that the source material is fantastic stuff, it's great, but it's a tough one to lick into getting into a screenplay," Caruso related to SHH.com "I've tried to feel like it's a trilogy of movies and I think everyone sort of agrees, but at the same time, just getting the first movie right and getting the right beats and knowing what to put in, it's been really tough."
Yet as difficult as getting the groundbreaking, 60-issue series crammed into three movies might be, Caruso was quick to point out that he's not going into this project alone, citing the helpful assistance from some Hollywood heavy-hitting writers as well as the creator of the original series, Brian K. Vaughan.
"You have great minds like David Goyer and you've got Carl Ellsworth and you've got Brian K. Vaughn, and I'm working with them to just kind of crack it and get it down," said Caruso. "And we're almost there. I know it's a slow process, but I think eventually we'll get it. We're going to get it and we'll get it right, but we had a pretty good breakthrough a couple weeks ago in the final act, and hopefully we'll get there."
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