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Shia LaBeouf Out Of Y: The Last Man
Cinema Blend News — Shia LaBeouf Out Of Y: The Last Man It's been about two years since Eagle Eye director D.J. Caruso announced that he wanted to direct an adaptation of the graphic novel Y: The Last Man , with Shia LaBeouf starring as the only survivor of a plague that wiped out everyone with a Y chromosome. Caruso's two career hits-- Disturbia and Eagle Eye -- have both starred LaBeouf, and it seemed safe to assume that Caruso's planned trilogy of Y movies wouldn't happen with LaBeouf's guaranteed starpower. So, uh, maybe they're not happening. LaBeouf told Wizard Magazine in an interview this week (via Coming Soon ...

Shia LaBeouf No Longer Interested in Y: The Last Man?
/Film — In a day of superhero overload, Brian K Vaughn’s Y: The Last Man is the perfect comic book series for a Hollywood big screen (or even small screen) adaptation. If you haven’t yet read the series, pick up the paperback (or the new hardcover) of the first volume, as I very highly recommend it. Disturbia director DJ Caruso has been trying to get the project off the ground for a few years now, and Caruso’s frequent star Shia LaBeouf was interested in starring in a film adaptation. A script was in ...

Shia LaBeouf ditching Y: The Last Man?
Total Film News — For a long time, it looked like DJ Caruso would recruit his old Disturbia/Eagle Eye mucker Shia LaBeouf for the lead in Y: The Last Man. Now? Not so much. While both Caruso and LaBeouf have talked up the possibility in the past, the actor has now told Wizard magazine that he’s not considering the part right now, mostly due to playing Sam in Transformers. How so? Well, Yorick Brown, the male lead – the only male, aside from his monkey, Ampersand – in Y is a wise-cracking bloke thrust into a tough world where every other man has died and he’s surrounded by women. Switch ...

Shia LaBeouf Will Not Be ‘The Last Man’
Screen Rant — Y: The Last Man is the critically acclaimed and highly successful Vertigo comic series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra. The story follows the epic journey of Yorick Brown and his pet monkey, Ampersand, as the only two known mammals possessing a Y chromosome left on earth as they travel through the new and chaotic world looking for answers and a long lost love. The project has been set to be helmed by DJ Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye) and for a long time, it seemed that Caruso’s go-to guy, Shia LaBeouf, would play the lead. LaBeouf was interested and ...

Shia Labeouf Not Interested In D.J. Caruso's 'Y: The Last Man,' Sam Raimi Was Offered 'Star Trek' Helm, Three 'Bruno' TV Spots Debut
:: The Playlist :: — Despite being forever linked to the role, Shia LaBeouf has revealed that he is not interested in taking up the lead role in D.J. Caruso's proposed adaptation of "Y: The Last Man" as he feels the protagonist Yorick's is too similar to Sam Witwicky in "Transformers." Right, because his career thus far has been all about diversity, right? Still geeks looking forward to this one are kind of in disappointed shock. [Coming Soon] Sam Raimi was reportedly offered the director's chair for the new "Star Trek" ...

Shia LaBeouf Will Not Be The Last Man
FlicksNews.net — Shia LaBeouf has ruled himself out of playing Yorick Brown, the lone survivor of a plague that wipes out all males on the planet in the 'Y:The Last Man' adaptation. According to a recent interview Shia said: "You take Sam and you put a monkey on his shoulder," said LaBeouf of Yorick's sidekick Ampersand. "I don't know if it's that big a differential. It seems like he's the ordinary guy in an extraordinary situation again. He added, "I'm not willing to make that movie currently, and may be too old to play the role by the time it does come around." ...

Shia LaBeouf ditches The Last Man
Filmstalker — ShiaLabeouf.jpg Shia LaBeouf must be a popular guy these days, and with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen due out it's sure to stay that way. However one role he won't be playing is that of the Yorick in Y: The Last Man. He's decided to pass on this one after first being linked with it a couple of years ago. It was in April 2007 ...