Tobey Maguire Develops "Afterburn"

Is Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire becoming the comic book/sci-fi go-to guy?

Now he’s chasing another comic book flick, the sci-fi adventure Afterburn, a new series from Canadian publisher Red 5 Comics. Maguire is planning a big-screen adaptation, along with Neal Moritz, producer of The Fast and The Furious. No writer is attached yet.

Set in a post-apocalyptic Earth, the series follows treasure hunters who seek items like the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and England’s Crown Jewels while battling rival hunters, mutants and pirates.

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Maguire’s company, Maguire Entertainment, is also producing Robotech, set for a 2010 release. Based on a TV series, the sci-fi epic centers on a race of human-created giant robots who protect the Earth from three waves of alien invasions.

Maguire and comic book/sci-fi movies? Ok by me! What say you?

Photo: Tobey Maguire, Spider-Man 3, Columbia Pictures, 2008