THR is reporting that Amazon Studios has ordered an eight-episode animated adaptation of Robert Kirkman and Corey Walker’s superhero comic book series Invincible.
The hourlong adult animated series “revolves around Mark Grayson, a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his 17th birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage.”
Simon Racioppa (Teen Titans) is set to serve as showrunner on the series, with Justin and Chris Copeland (Ultimate Spider-Man) acting as surpvising directors and Kirkman, Racioppa, David Alpert (The Walking Dead) and Catherine Winder (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) executive producing.
“Robert has an uncanny talent to predict the zeitgeist, and we are incredibly excited to see him break boundaries in an animated one-hour format,” said Sharon Yguado, head of scripted genre programming at Amazon Studios. “In a world saturated with superhero fare, we trust Robert to subvert expectations while encapsulating a story filled with heart and adrenaline. We love his ambitious plan for the show and believe it will look like nothing else on television.”
Invincible launched through the Image Comics imprint Skybound Entertainment in 2003, and finished its run this past February after 144 issues. A live-action feature film adaptation is also in the works at Universal Pictures, with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Preacher) attached to write and direct.
