In January 2007 it was announced that a movie would be made based on the "Maximum Ride" series. The producer will be Avi Arad, one of the producers of Spider-Man, X-Men and other Marvel movies. In an interview with James Patterson, it was told Arad has already planned out the first two movies. On August 7, 2008, it was announced that Columbia Pictures bought the screen rights to the franchise, and that Don Payne would write the screenplay. The release date of the movie is 2010.