The film rights to Alan Weisman’s environmental non-fiction book The World Without Us has gone to Fox.

The book explored the idea of life on Earth if humans were to suddenly disappear. The studio will most probably focus on using the book’s science, possibly showing an event that would lead to mankind vanishing.

The project is being set up as a tentpole feature for I Am Legend duo Mark Protosevich (writer) and Francis Lawrence (director).