Prime Video has announced a series order for an adaptation of Criminal, the hard-boiled crime comic book series from writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips, with Brubaker scripting the pilot as well as co-showrunning with Jordan Harper (Hightown). “Sean and I have been building this world in our books for over a decade, and […]
Comics writer Ed Brubaker joins HBO Max’s Batman: Caped Crusader as head writer
The upcoming HBO Max animated series Batman: Caped Crusader has just gotten a huge shot in the arm as fan-favourite and acclaimed comic book writer Ed Brubaker joins the series as its head writer and executive producer. The news was revealed by The Hollywood Reporter, which includes a first look at concept art for Batman […]
Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips reunite for Pulp
Image Comics has announced that the multiple Eisner Award-winning creative team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips are reuniting for the original graphic novel Pulp, a tale of 30s-era crime which is set for release this May. Max Winters, a pulp writer in 1930s New York, finds himself drawn into a story not unlike the […]
Image announces My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Image Comics has announced the October release of My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, an original graphic novel from the award-winning creative team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Criminal, Kill or Be Killed, The Fade Out, Fatale). Check out a preview here… Ever since the death of her junkie mother, Ellie has been obsessed […]
John Wick’s Chad Stahelski to adapt Kill or Be Killed for the big screen
John Wick‘s director Chad Stahelski will be making the leap into the comic book world with a big screen adaptation of the Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips series Kill or Be Killed. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he will be working with his John Wick producer Basil Iwanyk from a script by Dan Casey for Columbia Pictures. The […]
Nicolas Winding Refn moving ahead with Maniac Cop remake
Nicolas Winding Refn has been talking about the prospect of a Maniac Cop remake for years now. Well, now it looks like it’s finally going ahead. According to Variety, Vendian Entertainment has teamed up with Wild Bunch and Refn’s Space Rocket on a multi-year first look deal. The slasher Maniac Cop will be the first project produced and financed as part […]