The film adaptation of Midway's Area 51 just got far more talent working on it than it deserves, as Paramount Pictures hires comic book revolutionary Grant Morrison to pen the screenplay for the video game film.

Morrison's works include amazing runs on the New X-men, Fantastic Four, Justice League of America, Doom Patrol, Animal Man, Superman, and most recently Batman and Wildcats. All good stuff, but for the real Morrison vibe you have to check out his DC Vertigo imprint work, such as Kid Eternity, the Invisibles, and Sebastian O.

Hopefully the ever inventive Morrison can turn the Area 51 movie project into something special, because frankly I wasn't the least bit interested in this project until hearing that he signed on. Michael Fahey

Comicbook author to write 'Area 51' [Variety]