Sep 25, 2008 by The MovieWeb Team

Michael Turner’s Fathom May Still Reach the Big Screen with Megan Fox as Aspen

Fathom
Fathom
With the passing of Michael Turner in June of 2008, it seemed likely that his comic series Fathom would never end up being adapted into film, especially after it had languished in development hell for several years. Well, just recently a source at Fox told IESB that the development of the film had been handed over to their genre arm, Fox Atomic, and that the film is still in progress. Furthermore, if rumors are to be believed, Megan Fox has signed on to play the lead character, Aspen.

Talks about a Fathom film began back in 2003, with James Cameron’s production company involved. Back in 2007, Turner said that the film was now not happening, due to differences of opinion about the direction of the script – namely that most of the elements from the comic had been removed.

Turner passed away in June 2008 after a long battle with bone cancer, however work has continued on the Fathom comic, with Volume 3, Issue 1 being printed in August, 2008. A tribute was held for Turner at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con.

Fathom is about a woman named Aspen, who was brought to dry land on a boat that was thought to have sunk years before her birth. Aspen has no memories of who she is or where she comes from, but her affinity for water is immediately apparent. Aspen goes on to become an Olympic swimmer and marine biologist before becoming involved in research at a high-tech underwater lab. While working at the lab, Aspen becomes aware of her true nature and the water-based superpowers that are her birthright.


Sources: IESB.net

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Comments (34)

  1. The Narrator: The Better Man

    I know. I'm just playin.

    3 years agoby @narratorFlag

  2. Vamp

    No. I said she's hot. Just not as hot as everyone seems to think.

    3 years agoby @vampire2000Flag

  3. The Narrator: The Better Man

    Or is she just sooo hot she appears to not be hot, but can't help it for being hot, so innocently, in a bad way that she looks less hot for some but really hot for others??!?!?!?!

    3 years agoby @narratorFlag

  4. Vamp

    Yeah, but she's not as hot as everyone seems to think she is.....

    3 years agoby @vampire2000Flag

  5. Psycho

    The point is she is hot.

    3 years agoby @physco-123Flag

  6. Shadow Of The Day

    Great news.

    3 years agoby @asifFlag

  7. Vamp

    I agree with Phil Mata.

    3 years agoby @vampire2000Flag

  8. Chad Vital

    She's pretty hot man. Beckinsale hot.

    3 years agoby @chad-vitalFlag

  9. 5_LD_5

    I'm with Psycho. She's absolutely, amazingly, *insert awesome word here*, mega hot! Hottest alive IMO.

    3 years agoby @5-ld-5Flag

  10. Phil Mata

    OK Psycho, keep it in your pants well ya? She is hot, but not worthy of all the hype that surrounds her. No one is in fact. Bat that's just one man's opinion.

    3 years agoby @phil-mataFlag

  11. The Narrator: The Better Man

    Lol. Well good actress or not, I see her in this.

    3 years agoby @narratorFlag

  12. Psycho

    But shes still hot.

    3 years agoby @physco-123Flag

  13. Phil Mata

    Never said she wasn't hot, I said not THAT hot. In other words she's not smoking.

    3 years agoby @phil-mataFlag

  14. Psycho

    What she is both attractive and hot Phil. Sorry I have to disagree.

    3 years agoby @physco-123Flag

  15. Phil Mata

    Enough about Megan Fox you guys! I don't read Fathom, so I can't say that she's not the right choice, but yes, she does appear to resemble Aspen quite well from the pictures I've seen. What I'm telling you fellas to put a lid on are her looks. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and to me she's attractive, but not that hot. *gasps! shocker!* Yeah I said it. R.I.P. Michael Turner

    3 years agoby @phil-mataFlag

  16. The Doctor

    You are righ about that Psycho.

    3 years agoby @ghettokidFlag

  17. The Doctor

    *Any

    3 years agoby @ghettokidFlag

  18. Psycho

    Oh Megan Fox is so hot.

    3 years agoby @physco-123Flag

  19. The Doctor

    Anyy film with Megan Fox in it is worth watching.

    3 years agoby @ghettokidFlag

  20. Psycho

    I meant as Aspen.

    3 years agoby @physco-123Flag

  21. Psycho

    Can't wait to see Megan Fox in the big screen as Fathom. It is going to be great.

    3 years agoby @physco-123Flag

  22. Vamp

    Cool. Should be something a lot will enjoy looking at. XD!

    3 years agoby @vampire2000Flag

  23. JR

    if they show the sex scene between me and megan ill see it.

    3 years agoby @jokerrules33Flag

  24. Psycho

    Can't wait to see Megan Fox in the big screen as Fathom. It is going to be great.

    3 years agoby @physco-123Flag

  25. Psycho

    F*ck yeah Megan Fox.

    3 years agoby @physco-123Flag

  26. 5_LD_5

    A comic book movie with Megan Fox as the lead character? A MUST SEE I think.

    3 years agoby @5-ld-5Flag

  27. Structure (ONSTRA)

    Oh please, this is gonna be incredible already, you didn't have to make it better by bringing Megan the hottest chick after Jessica alba in it.

    3 years agoby @gaj1992Flag

  28. Structure (ONSTRA)

    Oh please, this is gonna be incredible already, you didn't have to make it better by bringing Megan the hottest chick after Jessica alba in it.

    3 years agoby @gaj1992Flag

  29. T.Clark

    To the gal below me: UR A SLUT.

    Fox is a great choice. I don't read the comic, but from what i see in pics, she resembles her perfectly. We'd get to see her half naked, which is a plus. It may take away her chances of being wonder woman though......

    btw, R.I.P. Michael Turner. Great artist.

    3 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag

  30. IAmxVindicated

    SLUT

    3 years agoby @iamxvindicatedFlag

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