The writer told Sci-Fi Wire that he "is almost done with the script and am proud of it, but everything as far as the production date and that kind of thing won't be decided on until after all this [is] over. And I fully support the strike." Avary's one of the few in Hollywood who seem to care a lot about video game properties, so we hope he's able to still get the project off the ground after the strike is settled.
