Given the success of Game Of Thrones on TV, it was inevitable that someone would raid George R.R. Martin’s back catalogue for other work – preferably something finished – that could be adapted. Enter In The Lost Lands, which has Milla Jovovich and Justin Chatwin in talks to star{
German director Constantin Werner is developing the film, and has adapted the script from several short stories by Martin. The plot consists of three linked tales, with the first finding a besieged queen hiring a sorceress called Gray Alys (Jovovich) to journey into the dangerous wasteland known as the Lost Lands to find a spell that allows someone to shape-shift into a werewolf.
What the queen doesn’t realise is that the gift comes with a dreadful price. Then there is the story of a warrior girl called Sharra who must battle a dragon so she can reunite with her lost lover, while also falling prey to a powerful sorcerer who seduces her so completely that she puts her quest aside to stay with him – not realising that he’s the real reason her lover is trapped. Finally, there’s Bitterblooms, in which a spellbinding woman in a spaceship bewitches a young barbarian girl.
Given Jovovich’s commitment to the latest (and likely final) Resident Evil** film, Werner will start shooting neat the end of the year.