Eugene Ashe is set to write the long-awaited reboot.
The Rocketeer might be taking flight again very soon, with a new movie being developed to be exclusively released on Disney+. Despite The Rocketeer being announced to be in the works in 2021, updates on the film reboot have been few and far between — but now, we know a major detail about it. According to a new report from The Wrap, Eugene Ashe, who has previously worked on Sylvie's Love and Homecoming, has been tapped to write The Rocketeer reboot.
What Is The Rocketeer About?The Rocketeer comics follow the story of Cliff Secord, a stunt pilot who gets the ability to fly from a mysterious jetpack. Stevens' The Rocketeer stories were originally published by Pacific Comics, before the rights went over to IDW following his death in 2008. This new version of The Rocketeer will reportedly focus on a retired Tuskegee airman who takes up the Rocketeer mantle.
Why Has a The Rocketeer Reboot Taken So Long?Efforts have previously been made to adapt The Rocketeer into a new film, with a version following a black female pilot, titled The Rocketeers, initially greenlit back in 2016 before spending years in development hell. The franchise did get an extension in the form of a The Rocketeer Disney Junior television series, which followed a seven-year-old girl named Katherine"Kit" Secord as she takes on the superhero mantle.
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