variety.com - 11/2/2009
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Ryne Pearson to direct comicbook adaptation for co. Newly minted banner Vigilante Entertainment is launching operations by developing Warren Ellis' comicbook series "Black Summer" with Ryne Pearson ("Knowing") tapped to adapt. "Summer," published by Avatar Press in 2007, centers on superhero ...
variety.com - 11/2/2009
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variety.com —
Newly minted banner Vigilante Entertainment is launching operations
by developing Warren Ellis' comicbook series "Black Summer" with...
Ryne Pearson ("Knowing") tapped to adapt. "Summer," published by Avatar Press in 2007, centers on superhero team ...
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Warren Ellis' 'Black Summer' Series Tagged For Adaptation
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Vigilante Entertainment has optioned Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp’s comic book series “Black Summer” with Ryne Pearson ("Knowing") onboard to adapt the script.
Originally published in 2007 as a seven issue miniseries by Avatar Press, “Black Summer” chronicles the rise and fall of a superhero team called the Seven Guns—composed of scientist-adventurers who modified their bodies to gain powers—in the wake of one member's decision to kill the President of the United States and create a better government.
According to Variety, Vigilante Entertainment is a new company formed by Hicham Benkirane, the former head of audiovisual development at ...
BodyMod Presidential Assassins Get Movie Deal
io9: comics —
... draw the line? And where's the line before which you embody the outrage of the people and beyond which you become the fears of the people?
Here's a clue to where the answer to that last part may lie: The story begins with one of seven superheroes killing the President of the United States.
The movie adaptation will be the first project from the brand new Vigilante Enterprises. No studio, director or writers have been announced for the project yet.
Vigilante launching with 'Black Summer' [Variety]
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