Yorick Brown is the last man alive. Don't be confused though; he isn't the last person, only the last man. That is the premise for the exciting Vertigo comic "Y: The Last Man." Yorick and a few of his friends have to race all over the world to discover why all the men except for one died instantly. Well, Yorick does have one male companion, his pet monkey Ampersand. Together they have to avoid extremist groups who want Yorick dead, greedy merchants who plan to sell him to the highest bidder, and the armies of the world all going to war for the fabled last man.
If none of this sounds familiar to you, don't worry. You won't have to read over fifty issues of this Eisner Award winning graphic novel to get the story, because it is soon comming to a theater near you! That's right, this is going to be (hopefully) one of the best comic to film adaptations ever. The source material is rich, and the comedy is witty. Trust me, this is going to make a great movie. According to /film.com, New Line Cinema has picked up the rights to the film, and the original writer of the comic, Brian K. Vaughn, has already written the screenplay. Rumors that actor Shia Labeouf might play Yorick have popped up on internet fan sites, but all the other actors remain a mystery. Don't start camping out for tickets yet though, the film is a long way off. It is tentatively set for sometime in 2009, and it will supposedly be released in three installments as well to tell the entire story.
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