BREAKING MOVIE/TV NEWS

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Lawrence Enlists With "Sgt. Rock"...

DC Comics' WW II war character 'Sgt. Rock' will be adapted as a Warners feature film by director Francis "I Am Legend" Lawrence, from a screenplay by Chad "The Days Before" St. John.

Producer Joel Silver is teaming with producer Akiva "The Da Vinci Code" Goldsman, to develop the film for Warners.-based Silver Pictures with producers Andrew Rona and Weed Road's Kerry Foster.

'Sgt. Frank Rock'. a non-commissioned officer during World War II, debuted in DC Comics' "Our Army at War" #83 (June 1959), by writer Robert Kanigher and illustrator Joe Kubert.

During World War II, Rock fought for the infantry branch of the US Army in the European Theatre.

He rose to authority within his own unit, 'Easy Company', a rugged collection of soldiers and managed to participate in every major action in Europe throughout the war...