David Goyer knows a thing or two about genre writing, but he’s usually kept his talents to the big and little screens, doing everything from “Superman Returns” to the “Batman Begins” films with Christopher Nolan to producing the ill-fated “FlashForward”.
Goyer’s latest (with co-writer Michael Cassut) is a new trilogy of sci-fi books, starting with “Heaven’s Shadow” in July 2011, which will be followed by two more, “Heaven’s War” and “Heaven’s Fall”.
The book’s premise:
The trilogy begins when an object is discovered heading for earth. Initial panic gives way to a competition between governments to be first to intercept what they believe is a breakaway meteor. What the astronauts discover leads to an encounter with alien forces that are a threat to humanity.
And now Warner Bros. has snapped up Goyer’s trilogy as a possible movie franchise in a seven-figure preemptive deal. Who says there’s a recession going on?
“Heaven’s Shadow” lands in print from Penguin imprint Ace Books in July of next year, and will be followed by “Heaven’s War” and “Heaven’s Fall” in subsequent summers.
