Brian Michael Bendis has been hired to script 20th Century Fox's planned Kitty Pryde movie directed by Deadpool's Tim Miller, according to Deadline. The reported film is going under the working title of "143," which The Hollywood Reporter says refers to Uncanny X-Men #143 - an early Kitty Pryde story in comic books.

Bendis has retweeted these reports, tacitly confirming his hiring.