EXCLUSIVE : Oscar-winning  Pulp Fiction  co-writer and The Rules of Attraction director Roger Avary has been set to write and direct a feature version of Biblical epic Paradise Lost for emerging AI-oriented production company Ex Machina Studios. Tarantino collaborator Avary is the latest to tackle the influential and complex John Milton poem of 1667, which has long posed a challenge for creatives seeking to adapt its story about the fall of man. The epic nature of the work, spanning war in heaven and the creation of the world, has defeated others before — including a high-profile Alex Proyas-Warner Bros version starring Bradley Cooper — but Avary and Ex Machina believe AI can make the undertaking more manageable. Ex Machina co-founder and CEO Marco Weber ( Igby Goes Down ) is producing Paradise Lost , with veteran production designer Kirk Petruccelli ( Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ) executive producing. K5 International is launching world sales at the upcoming Cannes market.…