Lexi Alexander Trades Punisher Debacle For an Unnamed Fantasy World

Posted by Rob Hunter (rob@filmschoolrejects.com) on July 30, 2008

Lexi Alexander’s ‘See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil’ monkeys are still sitting on her personal blog, and there’s nothing new on the Punisher: War Zone front aside from the ‘he said/she said/Knowles said’ back and forth that we reported on a few days back… so about some positive Lexi news?

MTV Movies Blog spoke with producer Deborah Del Prete, who worked with Alexander on Green Street Hooligans, and she gave a sneak peek at the duo’s next project.  Del Prete says they’re “working on a fantasy picture. There is a book, it’s a British book. It’s not super well-known. I don’t think you’ll guess what it is. It’s contemporary.”

So there you have it.  Lexi Alexander is directing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Or not… anyone have a guess as to what British fantasy book it could really be?  Note that Del Prete didn’t say children’s fantasy, just fantasy.  Would a studio give Alexander any kind of sizable budget with the current state of the Punisher: War Zone production?

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