Jeff Vintar Penning Y: The Last Man

Jeff Vintar, a writer on 20th Century Fox's upcoming I, Robot, has been hired to write sci-fi adaptations for both 20th Century Fox and New Line Cinema.

Vintar will first work on DC Comics' Y: The Last Man for New Line Cinema, with David Goyer producing. That will be followed by an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation trilogy for Fox which Shekhar Kapur is attached to direct.

Published by DC Comics' Vertigo and created by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, Y: The Last Man is based on the premise that a mysterious plague wipes out every male on the planet. Sole exception is one seemingly average young man who discovers it's very dangerous to be the last man on Earth.

Foundation focuses on how the human race is put on autopilot by a scientist who has mathematically mapped out exactly how the world will run. However, the program goes awry with the arrival of an evil mutant bent on conquering the universe. Vintar will pen two screenplays that could be released as a single epic but will most likely become two films. The adaptation will stem from the series' first three volumes, "Foundation," "Foundation and Empire" and "Second Foundation."

Vintar also wrote Spaceless, which is set up at Fox with Gore Verbinski attached to direct.