The Lord of the Sands of Time Adaptation Fights for our Future

Steve Barton |

May 30, 2012

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Variety

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Some pretty cool news is coming in for fans of Japanese manga and anime. More live action adaptations are on their way, and we’ve got the early word right here on what you can expect to scribble down on your “want to see” list!

Variety reports that Japanese advertising agency Dentsu and Hayakawa Publishing Corp. have entered into a live-action feature rights deal for Japanese sci-fi novels that have attracted the interest of Transformers producer Don Murphy and Shoot ‘Em Up helmer Michael Davis.

AngryFilms principal Murphy plans to develop an adaptation of sci-fi author Issui Ogawa’s novel Tokisuna no Ou (The Lord of the Sands of Time), which Hayakawa published in 2007. The time-travel war novel takes place in the 26th century after human life on Earth has been annihilated by alien invaders. The story follows a messenger who is sent back to the past to battle the aliens.