Oscar-nominated actor
Bradley Cooper is teaming up with
Weston Middleton
, who served as the associate producer on his directorial 'A Star Is Born', to launch a new production banner. Cooper and Middleton are working on a name for their company.
According to the reports, under the new shingle, the duo will back 'Hyperion', based on the four-volume series of Dan Simmons novels.
'Hyperion', a project Cooper has had long in the works, will now be adapted as a feature film at
Warner Bros
Pictures and not a limited series at Syfy as it was previously conceived.
Oscar-winner
Graham King is attached to produce the movie under his GK Films and will be adapted by
Tom Spezialy
, the Emmy-winning executive producer behind HBO's limited series 'Watchmen'.
Published by
Bantam Spectra
, the 'Hyperion Cantos' series is set 700 years after the death of Old Earth, where the entire galaxy is at war. Seven strangers set forth on a journey to unlock the mysteries of the planet Hyperion's Time Tombs -- each convinced that they alone carry the key to saving humanity.
There are four books in the series: 'Hyperion' (1989), 'The Fall of Hyperion' (1990), 'Endymion' (1996) and 'The Rise of Endymion' (1997).
While a search for a director is underway, executive producer Hayley King ('Departed') will oversee the project on behalf of GK films.
Cooper had a six-year deal with
Todd Phillips and Warner Bros that concluded in 2019 with back-to-back commercial and critically acclaimed films like 'A Star Is Born' and 'Joker', fronted by Joaquin Phoenix.
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