Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight Flying to the Silver Screen

It looks as if Anne McCaffrey's Dragons of Pern may be coming soon to the silver screen. According to the website HollywoodReporter.com, David Hayter of Watchmen and X-Men fame will pen the first draft to get the ball rolling.

David Hayter is half of Dark Hero Studios and plan to bring the movie to theaters in the future.

Dragonflight, the first in the Dragonriders of Pern series, features an elite group of warriors take to the skies on the backs of giant, fire-breathing, telepathic dragons to save the wondrously exotic planet of Pern from a terrifying airborne menace.

Dragonflight will be an international co-production, financed by several international distribution partners. Production is scheduled to begin early 2012. No director is currently attached.

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