Screenwriter Rich Wilkes has been hired by Marvel to draft a movie based on the kung fu comic 'Iron Fist'. The story follows Danny Rand a martial arts expert whose battle with a dragon ended when he plunged his hands through the beast's molten heart which turned his fists into indestructible weapons.Wilkes is the writer behind such films as the 'xXx' series of films, 'Airheads' and the upcoming Mötley Crüe biopic 'The Dirt'. He most recently scripted 'Ballad of the Whiskey Robber' which Johnny Depp is producing.
