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Pan scriptwriter to work with It director Andy Muschietti Jason Fuchs, one of the story co-creators for this year's Wonder Woman film, is writing the script for Sony's planned live-action Robotech film. The Deadline website reported on Tuesday that Fuchs is working with director Andy Muschietti (Mama, It) "to create the new [Robotech] from scratch." Fuchs also co-wrote 2012's Ice Age: Continental Drift and wrote 2015's Pan. Robotech was Harmony Gold's edited and rewritten 1985 adaptation of three separate anime science-fiction series: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada. The producers have yet to announce which, if any, of the three anime that the proposed live-action project will most follow, or how it will deal with the copyright issues between Harmony Gold's partner Tatsunoko Production and the creators of Macross (the most popular of the three anime). The Deadline website reported in February

Writer Jody Houser has been making her mark on comics for years, but 2018 is a year where her footprint has gotten bigger, stronger and stranger. This week, Dark Horse Comics released Stranger Things #1 from Houser and artist Stefano Martino while also announcing StarCraft: Soldiers – a follow-up to her popular Scavengers series set in the video game universe. The writer has made a name for herself delivering expansive stories of horror and action in licensed comics, and Stranger Things is the highest profile example yet with a story that reveals what happened to Will Byers during his entrapment in the Upside Down. CBR spoke with Houser about what it takes to make the comic version of Netflix’s biggest series feel like it’s straight out of the ’80s, how she approaches licensed titles for fans new and old and why StarCraft’s expansion delivers her scariest work yet. RELATED: The Stranger Things Comic Includes A Scene That Sh