It looks like another comic book is set to enter the Hollywood machine for adaptation. We get news today that Hack/Slash has landed a screenwriter thanks to the professionals at Variety:
Scribe Justin Marks has been tapped to tackle “Hack/Slash,” Rogue Pictures’ adaptation of the Devil’s Due Publishing comicbook Todd Lincoln will helm. Comicbook, created by Tim Seeley and Stefano Caselli, revolves around Cassie Hack, a young woman who travels the country and takes on homicidal maniacs and serial killers along the way. The actioner will be heavy on comedy and horror.
I love comic book films and think they are an excellent source of fun and delight for fans round the globe. So long as the movies are good – I will watch adaptations till the cows come home. The visual storytelling medium of the comic book lends itself well to the story-boarding of films; and it’s no surprise that some even match up frame for frame.
I am not familiar with Hack/Slash, but a story about a lady wandering the land killing killers sounds pretty bitchin’ from where I sit. If any of you have had the chance to have read this series, please share your thoughts/excitement/reservations with us so we may be illuminated on the matter. We’ll be sure to keep you up to speed on the progress of this project. The flames of geekdom are ablaze with another comic book film in the fire; may they never die, may they never die.
