As you’ve most likely heard in the past, comic Y: The Last Man had been optioned and was set to be handled by Disturbia and Eagle Eye director DJ Caruso, possibly because of which Shia has been attached to this film in the lead role of Yorick Brown for some time. In a recent interview with Wizard, Shia touched back on the subject and the strong possibility that he may have outgrown the role. Here’s what FirstShowing had to say:

“You take Sam [Witwicky] and you put a monkey on his shoulder,” LaBeouf said about the character of Yorick in Y: The Last Man. “I don’t know if it’s that big a differential. It seems like he’s the ordinary guy in an extraordinary situation again.” That is accurate, but I would argue that it’s the story and the setting that make Y: The Last Man much more different than something like Transformers. As a reminder, Y: The Last Man is a comic series written by Brian K. Vaughan that has great story that would be perfect for the big screen. So without Shia on board, is there still hope for this at all, even sometime in the distant future?

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Personally – as a comic book fan and fan of the Y series -, I’m a bit disappointed because without a major name attached to Y we may have a long wait before it’s developed, plus I think the role is perfect for Shia though I can really see what he’s getting at. Yorick and Sam are a bit close, but I hope he doesn’t give up on adaption roles just yet – we’ve been hearing Light (Death Note) might need live action casting in the U.S. soon! Yes, too much to wish for, I know, lol.

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