During director Joe and Anthony Russo’s Hall H panel today they announced two new film projects they are developing based on existing properties. The are producing a live-action adaptation of the comic book GrimJack, and they are also producing and possibly directing a live-action adaptation of the classic animated series Battle of the Planets!
They were huge fans of these properties growing up, and they joked that they are looking at buying all of the IP’s for their favorite things as kids so that they can bring them back for fans and new audiences.
For those of you not familiar with these properties here are some details.
Grimjack
This comic book character was created in 1983 by John Ostrander, Timothy Truman, and artist Lenin Delsol for First Comics / Idw Publishing.
Grimjack is the street name of John Gaunt, a sword-for-hire, ex-paramilitary, war veteran and former child gladiator. He operates...
They were huge fans of these properties growing up, and they joked that they are looking at buying all of the IP’s for their favorite things as kids so that they can bring them back for fans and new audiences.
For those of you not familiar with these properties here are some details.
Grimjack
This comic book character was created in 1983 by John Ostrander, Timothy Truman, and artist Lenin Delsol for First Comics / Idw Publishing.
Grimjack is the street name of John Gaunt, a sword-for-hire, ex-paramilitary, war veteran and former child gladiator. He operates...
- 7/19/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The Maze Runner and Teen Wolf lead Dylan O’Brien will star alongside It Follows actress Maika Monroe in Christopher MacBride’s (The Conspiracy) mystery thriller The Education Of Fredrick Fitzell, I have learned.
Due to shoot later this summer, O’Brien will play a man who begins to unravel a long hidden mystery about a missing girl, a drug called Mercury, and a terrifying creature that has followed him into adulthood.
Protagonist will handle international sales and launch the film to buyers in Cannes, with ICM Partners and Endeavor Content handling North America. The film is written by and will be directed by rising filmmaker MacBride. Lee Kim (Operation Avalanche) will produce for Resolute Films. Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder of Addictive Pictures are executive producing.
“The script is unlike anything I’ve read,” says Kim, who re-unites with MacBride, having worked together on The Conspiracy. “Chris has crafted a unique,...
Due to shoot later this summer, O’Brien will play a man who begins to unravel a long hidden mystery about a missing girl, a drug called Mercury, and a terrifying creature that has followed him into adulthood.
Protagonist will handle international sales and launch the film to buyers in Cannes, with ICM Partners and Endeavor Content handling North America. The film is written by and will be directed by rising filmmaker MacBride. Lee Kim (Operation Avalanche) will produce for Resolute Films. Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder of Addictive Pictures are executive producing.
“The script is unlike anything I’ve read,” says Kim, who re-unites with MacBride, having worked together on The Conspiracy. “Chris has crafted a unique,...
- 5/4/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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