Don't count the last man on Earth out of the picture yet, folks. Hot on the heels of Shia LaBeouf saying that he was no longer interested in playing Yorick in "Y: The Last Man" comes word that the actor is still very much interested in the project -- he's just not ready for it right now.

"I am!" LaBeouf told Collider when asked if he was still hoping to star in the Vertigo comic book adaptation. "You see, the thing is Brian K. Vaughn [writer of 'Y: The Last Man'], Neil Gaiman, the guys who write the 'Criminal' series, these are all my favorite, this is my favorite stuff to read. It's the stuff that I love. 'Y: The Last Man' is my favorite comic book. It's also [director] DJ Caruso's favorite comic book. We do want to make it. It's just too 'Sam Witwicky.'" Read more...

Director D.J. Caruso might have wanted "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" star Shia LaBeouf to be the leading man in his "Y: The Last Man" movie, but his search will apparently have to go on now that LaBeouf says he won't be in the running.

The upcoming film adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan's celebrated Vertigo series, which Caruso might turn into a trilogy, will have to find someone other than LaBeouf, who sees the role of Yorick Brown as being too similar to his character Sam Witwicky from the "Transformers" films. Read more...

Comic book writer turned occasional “Lost” maestro Brian K. Vaughan apparently exists within the hit series' universe now. The multi-talented comic book all-star behind the Vertigo series “Y: The Last Man” and “Ex Machina” has held such titles as producer, writer and executive story editor over the last few seasons, but this week, Hugo’s airport reading habits appear to have placed him firmly on the inside of the “Lost” universe.

On last night’s episode, titled “316,” Hugo was caught clearly reading a Spanish-language edition of “Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small Step” – or “Y, El Último Hombre” as it appeared on screen.

The comic book cameo was certainly a wink at Vaughan’s comic book fanbase, who cheered him on when he joined fellow comics scribe Jeph Loeb over at the “Lost” office for the show’s third season. But the plot of that particular volume of "Y" is worth keeping in mind, too. Read more...

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." Read more...

This past September, it seemed like we couldn't go a week without hearing rumors about director D.J. Caruso's upcoming adaptation of Vertigo's "Y: The Last Man" -- from Caruso teasing the possibility of multiple films, to his desire to film for IMAX, to actors openly asking for roles in the film. However, one rumor that always manages to get people listening is whether or not Shia LaBeouf is interested in the role of Yorick Brown, the schlubby, everyman who -- along with his monkey, Ampersand -- mysteriously survives a plague that wipes-out the entire male mammal population of the world, leaving him and "Amp" as the last owners of a Y chromosome in a world now populated by women only.

Today, Sci Fi Wire has the latest updates straight from Caruso on "Y: The Last Man," where the director once again says that, in terms of a leading (and only) man for this film, he wants LaBouf -- but wants to wait for the time to be right.

"Shia and I talk all the time, and when I feel it's right, I'll show him the script," Caruso said the interview with Sci Fi Wire. "He's definitely interested. I think Shia is going to take a a little break [after finishing work on "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"], relax and take some time off. I would like him to do it if our schedules work out." Read more...

Shia LaBeouf isn’t the only comic-book fan who wants to be in “Y: The Last Man” – count "Kick-Ass" cast member Clark Duke as someone who covets a part in the adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan's celebrated series, too.

“‘Y’ is the only comic book I’ve bought every issue of from the start, no trades,” Duke said. “I went every week to buy it.”

Duke’s already got the experience of shooting a cross-country trip under his belt in the upcoming “Sex Drive." “It’s all about the crazy s**t that happens on the road, right?” Read more...

Director DJ Caruso has been making the rounds in support of his upcoming film "Eagle Eye" (which hits theaters this Friday), but there's been no shortage of information coming out of his press tour regarding his adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan's celebrated Vertigo series "Y: The Last Man" -- with the most recent update revealing his plans to film "Y" with IMAX screenings in mind.

Earlier this month, we told you about Caruso's plans to break the 60-issue story into a three-film franchise, as well as his thoughts on casting many of the primary characters and potential story points. Now, in a recent video interview with Collider, Caruso said the IMAX success of "The Dark Knight" has him pitching IMAX-friendly filming for "Y", too.

"I would definitely say I'd want this to be an IMAX movie," Caruso told Collider. Read more...

Last week, we told you about some of the story details "Eagle Eye" director DJ Caruso offered up regarding his adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan's celebrated Vertigo series "Y: The Last Man." Along with discussing some of his casting choices for the film, Caruso confirmed that the story would lend itself to a multiple-film arc. In a new interview with Sci Fi Wire, Caruso shed a little more light on the first (and hopefully not last) film, including how he'd like to end the first chapter.

"I don't want to give away too much of the end, but I think basically, you know, Yorick and 355 will basically walk away and go off into the sunset, knowing that they're going to have to keep going on the run," said Caruso. "And you might sort of look up in the sky and realize that maybe Yorick is at that point, and he might not be the last man or he might be the last man, and that ... the journey and the continuing on the run is going to have to go from there." Read more...

Yesterday we linked to an interview in which "Eagle Eye" director DJ Caruso expressed an interest in directing Marvel's upcoming "Thor" film, but today Caruso offered up some insight into a highly anticipated adaptation he's already working on: the film version of Brian K. Vaughan's celebrated "Y: The Last Man" series.

In an interview with UGO, Caruso confirmed that adapting the 60-issue Vertigo series was indeed going to be a multiple-film project, and offered up some thoughts on where to the first chapter would conclude.

"... we get ourselves to Dr. Mann and you get, Yorick and Ampersand, in our screenplay, sort of get separated for a while, they get back together and Yorick ends up getting sick," said Caruso, adding that Vaughan himself helped out with determining where to break the overall story in the films. "Basically where you really want to end is 355 and Yorick basically kind of come away at the end and everything is not Ok, and they still - having now found Dr. Mann maybe in the middle of Act II - they still have a long way to go and a lot to figure out."
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