You may only know George R. R. Martin as the man behind the Game of Thrones novels and HBO show, but he's been writing sci-fi and fantasy tales for decades. One series in particular, Wild Cards, is now set to become a feature film!
Wild Cards began as a series of alternate-Earth superhero short stories 25 years ago by a plethora of the most accomplished sci-fi and fantasy authors in the field including Martin, Melinda Snodgrass, John J. Miller, Stephen Leigh, Walter Jon Williams and compiled into volumes by Martin. The Wild Cards setting splits from recorded history during World War II, where an alien virus wipes out thousands of New Yorkers, leaving most survivors deformed ("Jokers"), but granting special powers to a select few ("Aces"). The gritty and realistic storytelling that made Wild Cards popular has often been compared to The Dark Knight and Watchmen, so this should be a natural fit for theaters.
