Variety is reporting that Steven Miller will direct the feature film adaptation Area 52 based on the Image Comics series by Brian Haberlin.
The sci-fi actioner begins at a storage facility in Antarctica that houses top-secret alien wares after Nevada’s Area 51 is done testing them, an Army nurse must restore order after a mercenary attack has unleashed a menacing terror. Jack Phillips penned the adaptation.
As to when the film will get underway there is no word. Benderspink, the house that picked up the property, is also working on an adaptation of “Power and Glory” and “Y, the Last Man” at New Line, “The Ghouly Boys” at Mandate and “Pet Robots” at Disney.
