13 February 2012 3:45 AM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Columbia Pictures have discontinued development on their intended movie adaptation of Garth Ennis’ violent and edgy comic The Boys, according to a story in The Hollywood Reporter.
The always ambitious sounding movie was to be directed by comedy helmer Adam McKay (The Other Guys, Anchorman), who promised he would get Simon Pegg in the role of the Wee Hughie, the audiences P.O.V. Character, even though the actor considered himself to be too old for the role. Pegg was the inspiration series artist Darrick Robertson used for the character (as you can see above) and had long been rumoured to star in the adaptation along with McKay desperate to land Russell Crowe as a co-lead (which looked unlikely), although no official casting decisions had been made.
The story followed Hughie as he was drafted into The Boys, a C.I.A. group that monitored and, if need be, dealt »
- Tom White
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