Cowboys & Aliens
Platinum Studios Chairman & CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg created Cowboys & Aliens in 1997. It was initially bought by DreamWorks and Universal Pictures based on a one-sheet of a cowboy being chased by a spaceship. Platinum Studios published the graphic novel, written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley in October 2006. In September 2009, it was reported that Jon Favreau would sign on to direct the film. Transformers and Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci are writing the script as well as producing along with Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Brian Grazer, and Ron Howard.
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