As we learned just yesterday, Margot Robbie and her company LuckyChap Entertainment have their sights set on bringing comic book property Tank Girl back to the big screen, which was of course first brought to the screen by director Rachel Talalay and star Lori Petty back in 1995. As reported by Collider, it looks like the film now has a director in place.
According to the site, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte (Dreamland) will direct Tank Girl.
Collider reports that the plan is for Robbie to play the title character herself, but that could always change. “Robbie won’t commit to star until she reads [the script],” the site notes.
“Sources say the film may find Tank Girl teaming with a fellow outlaw named Jet Girl and a group of rebels to rise up and destroy a tyrannical government that has seized control of the already scarce water supply.”
From what we gather, Tank Girl creators Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett haven’t actually been contacted about the project. LuckyChap optioned the rights, Martin says, from MGM.
