‘Ready Player One’s Zak Penn To Adapt ‘ROM’ For Paramount & Hasbro’s Allspark

‘Ready Player One’s Zak Penn To Adapt ‘ROM’ For Paramount & Hasbro’s Allspark

EXCLUSIVE: Hot off adapting the Ernest Cline novel Ready Player One for director Steven Spielberg, Zak Penn has signed on to adapt ROM for Hasbro’s Allspark Pictures and Paramount Pictures. Allspark Pictures develops and produces live action entertainment around Hasbro brands and related projects. Ready Player One premieres in Hollywood tonight before Warner Bros releases the film Wednesday for the Easter holiday weekend.

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Short for Read-Only-Memory, ROM originated as a toy and then the comic ROM: Spaceknight. Hailing from a utopian society on the planet Galador, ROM is a cyborg who, after defeating the invading Dire Wraith on its planet, continues the battle on Earth and other planets.

Penn, who is known for adapting comic book and sci-fi stories for the big screen, is a true fan of Hasbro’s brands, and has always loved the property. It has always been considered a potential tent pole for Hasbro.

Penn started his career selling his first script Last Action Hero at 23. He has worked on numerous Marvel Comics movie transfers including X-Men 2 and X-Men: The Last Stand, Elektra, The Incredible Hulk and The Avengers, to go along with pics like PCU, Behind Enemy Lines and Suspect Zero.

Penn is currently working on a script for Warner Bros that is set in The Matrix universe hatched by the Wachowskis. Penn has also moved into TV starting with the original series Alphas that stars David Strathairn.

Penn is repped by UTA and attorney Jeff Frankel.