No announcement yet on who would direct, write, or act in the film adaptation. Entertainment 360 will also join Skydance to produce the project. Dana Goldberg, David Ellison, Benjamin Forkner, Ken F. Levin, Don Granger, and Guymon Casady are all producers in the project. Collins will be an executive producer, while Jane Spillane will be a co-producer. Overseeing the project for Skydance will be Carin Sage.
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The producers have the rights to the Hammer catalog which includes dozens of stories, books and graphic novels authored by Mickey Spillane as well as those co-authored by Spillane and his friend the best-selling author Collins, who wrote Road to Perdition.
The Mike Hammer novel "Kiss Me Deadly" was adapted into the classic 1955 film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Ralph Meeker as Hammer.
The character has not had a chance for any feature film treatment due to rights dispute. Bernstein’s estate claimed ownership of the Hammer character. Levin spent several years in court before the rights came back to the author’s estate and a clear title could be delivered for a movie deal. Spillane passed away in 2006, one month after the death of his manager Jay Bernstein.
Source: Deadline.com