Warner Bros. has inked a deal with Zack Snyder to direct and produce the remake of THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, VARIETY reports. WATCHMEN writer Alex Tse will adapt the screenplay based on Ray Bradbury's 1951 collection of short stories.
The original followed a tattooed man, who searches for the woman who inked the images on his body. Anyone who stares at the tattoos is drawn into a futuristic tale.
Cruel and Unusual Films' Snyder and Deborah Snyder, Di Novi Pictures' Denise Di Novi and Frank Darabont are producing. Cruel and Unusual's Wesley Coller and Di Novi's Alison Greenspan are the exec producers.
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