Director Adam McKay indicates Paramount Pictures has picked up the rights to The Boys, the adaptation of the superhero satire by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson that was put into turnaround by Columbia Pictures six months ago.
Columbia Pictures has abandoned development of The Boys, an adaptation of the superhero satire comic by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, and put the project into turnaround.
Garth Ennis’ short film Stitched had its world premiere at Comic-Con International in San Diego, where the cast and crew gathered to discuss the comics writer’s directorial debut, the future of the planned horror franchise, and the status of the adaptations of Preacher and The Boys.
Garth Ennis and the cast and crew of Stitched discuss the comic writer’s directorial debut, a short horror film about three U.S. soldiers who survive a helicopter crash in the Afghanistan desert only to face an ancient supernatural power.
The 17-minute film, written and directed Preacher co-creator Garth Ennis, will have its premiere at Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 22.
The director of Eagle Eye and I Am Number Four confirmed via Twitter that he’s closed a deal to helm Preacher, an adaptation of the acclaimed Vertigo series by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon.
Taking a page from the Kick-Ass playbook, Ken F. Levin has mustered Kevin Spacey’s Trigger Street Productions, Michael De Luca and Jason Netter to help independently finance and produce an adaptation of Garth Ennis’ horror comic Crossed.
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