Avary Planning An AI “Paradise Lost” Film

Oscar-winning “Pulp Fiction” co-writer and “The Rules of Attraction” director Roger Avary has been set to write and direct a feature film version of John Milton’s Biblical epic poem “Paradise Lost” for Ex Machina Studios.

Marco Weber (Igby Goes Down) is producing, and veteran production designer Kirk Petruccelli is executive producing the film for the AI-oriented production company according to Deadline.

The aim is to use the company’s proprietary AI to allow for “expansive worlds to be realised at a responsible budget while preserving the primacy of real actors, human-authored narratives, and guild-aligned production practices.”

The trade describes the film as “the ultimate faith-based heroic saga,” and a synopsis reads:

“A cosmic war in the heavens where the charismatic, rebellious archangel Lucifer defies God, is hurled into the abyss of Hell, and vows revenge on all creation.

From the fiery lake of damnation, Lucifer rises as Satan to seduce humanity’s first parents, Adam and Eve, in the flawless Garden of Eden, triggering the Fall of Man and the loss of Paradise itself.

At its core, Paradise Lost asks the question every generation must answer: When faced with reckoning and crisis, do we obey, rebel, or redeem?”

Various attempts to adapt the iconic 1667 work have been made over the years, one of the most famous being one that filmmaker Alex Proyas was developing with Bradley Cooper set to star as Lucifer.

No word on casting or production dates for this yet.