Warner Buy David S. Goyer's Book

David S. Goyer, perhaps best known for his scripting work on Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, has had the film rights to his unpublished novel trilogy bought by Warner Bros., according to Deadline.

The first novel is called Heaven's Shadow. Goyer is currently writing it with the help of Michael Cassutt and it will hit shelves in July next year. The next two parts are titled Heaven's War and Heaven's Fall.

The plot for the first book is as follows: a strange object is heading straight towards the earth. The world collectively thinks that it is a meteorite, and so the various superpowers strain to be the first ones to get to it so that they can save the world. However, once there, it soon becomes clear that it is not just any old space rock, but one filled with aliens.

It is perhaps not surprising that Warner snap up anything Goyer produces because of his past history and successes, but one can't help but feel that this story has been told many, many times before. Let's hope that the Superman: The Man of Steel scribe will put a little originality back into the concept.

J. Ross