"Disturbia" duo reunite for comic adaptation

By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The director and writer of the hit thriller "Disturbia" are reteaming for "Y: The Last Man," an adaptation of the acclaimed Vertigo comic book.

D.J. Caruso is developing and directing the New Line project, with Carl Ellsworth on board to write.

The comic, created by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, centers on Yorick, an escape artist who is the last survivor of a mysterious plague that has killed every single male mammal in the world. With his male pet monkey, he sets out to find what might have wiped out the world's male chromosomes.

Caruso and Ellsworth became hot properties with "Disturbia," the teen-skewing "Rear Window"-like thriller made for $20 million that has grossed about $80 million.

Caruso's other credits include "The Salton Sea" and "Two for the Money." Ellsworth's credits include the airplane thriller "Red Eye."

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter