The screenwriter of the movie "Plastic Man" has been changed, and the protagonist may be changed to a female

Warner Bros. has been trying to bring the DC hero "Plastic Man" to the big screen for many years, and they have recruited new screenwriters to speed up the process. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, this DC superhero movie is very different from the comics, that is, the protagonist Plastic Man has become a woman.

According to reports, the new screenwriter hired by the film company for "Plastic Man" is Kate Vasco, who previously wrote "Lumberjanes" which was withdrawn from Fox. Vasco intends to create the plot from scratch, and does not intend to rewrite it based on the draft left by Amanda Idoko, the screenwriter of "The Mayor", and changing the gender of the protagonist is an attempt to "completely turn the project in a new direction".

It is not yet known whether the gender-swapped new film will continue to use the original Plastic Man's real name, Patrick O'Brien, or will design a completely different character. And even the name of "Plastic Man" may have to be changed to "Plastic Woman".

The film project of "Plastic Man" has been stalled for a long time, and it is so exaggerated that it has encountered development difficulties since 1995. The Wachowski sisters wrote the script for the film, and the plot at that time was more like the movie "Transfiguration" than the original comic book. After the release of "Speed ​​Racer" in 2008, the Wachowski sisters expressed their desire to fill the gap, and it was rumored that Keanu Reeves would play the protagonist of the film. However, it was just talk. "Plastic Man" was not put back on the agenda until 2018 when Idoko served as the screenwriter.