Since the death of Fathom creator Michael Turner in June of 2008, it would seem that the live action film based on the comic book would be out the window.

{sidebar id=1}But wait, IESB has heard it's far from over AND a Hollywood hot girl has apparently signed on as well!

As movie fans, we haven't heard any updates on the Fathom film since early 2007.

I've put the two most relevant comments about the progress of the live action film below.

Both from Comic Book Resouces, Turner had said it's on again and off again.

Read the quotes below for more information...

August 10, 2003

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=2585

Turner was also asked about the status of the "Fantom" movie. The comic creator said he was, "really, really excited about it and optimistic."

The live-action movie is set up with James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment at Twentieth Century Fox. Linda Wolverton is on the second draft of the script for the film. Turner said he has had some level of input on the development effort.

"They definitely want me involved," Turner said.

Although the project is still in the early stages, the Aspen guys said that if they were casting the movie they'd like to see Denise Richards ("Undercover Brother") or Jessica Alba ("Dark Angel") playing the lead.

March 16, 2007

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=9674

"The 'Fathom' movie is now not really happening," Turner announced. "We had some problems with some scripting, we had some name issues with the 'Surface' thing ... It was definitely an experience that we had with Hollywood. All the scripts were completely different from what you know of 'Fathom.' We're going back and starting again." The first script, apparently, had no powers or ships, just a character named Aspen, and "they kept trying to fix it," Turner said.

Since Turner's death in June of 2008 from bone cancer (although I didn't know him personally, I have friends that did and said he was a great guy and is sorely missed in the comics community, a tribute was held at San Diego Comic Con 2008 in remembrance), Fathom has continued to be published with Volume 3 #1 debuting on August 6, 2008. A variant cover with a tribute to Turner was put out as well with a limited 3000 run.

Well, in regards to this live-action film that has long been in development hell, the IESB received an interesting update today.

A reliable source has told IESB that the live action FATHOM film is still at 20^th Century Fox but has officially been handed over to the genre arm of the studio Fox Atomic.

The studio is currently out to several writers to bring aboard to revamp the script as a vehicle for Megan Fox, who, our source says, has officially signed onto the project this week. Fox is set to play the lead character of Aspen.

The comic book is centered around the character of Aspen, the central character in the Fathom universe, Aspen Matthews continues to search for clues from her past in order to balance the turmoil between the two world's she's inhabited. Stepping off the Paradise cruise ship in 1984, Aspen was adopted by the naval officer Captain Matthews and subsequently raised under his supervision. She flirted with Olympic gold in Seoul in 1988 before controversy washed away his swimming career. Instead focusing on earning multiple degrees in Marine Biology, Aspen became an expert in her field and earned her a position on the DMD, or Deep Marine Discovery. It was at the DMD where Aspen's tumultuous journey with the race of The Blue began. After defeating the renegade leader Killian and ending the Blue Sun incident, Aspen was captured by the mysterious race known as The Black.

Funny, an artist named Jamie Tyndall, who happens to list Michael Turner as one of his favorite artists, drew what he thought Megan Fox would look like as Aspen, posted below,

Stay tuned to the IESB for further updates!

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