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Uni to Adapt Dark Horse’s ‘Fear Agent’
With the San Diego Comic Con approaching fast, expect a sh*t ton of announcements for comic book to film adaptations. This evening the Risky Business Blog on the Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Universal Pictures could be heading to outer space for an adaptation of Dark Horse’s Fear Agent. You’ll find all of the details inside.Universal could be heading to outer space.
The studio is in early development on the Dark Horse sci-fi property “Fear Agent.” The project is now an open-writing assignment, but there’s a possibility that the studio could match a spec whose rights are controlled by “Air Force One” producer Jonathan Shestack and bring Shestack on to produce “Agent.”
“Agent” centers on a colorful, borderline alcoholic astronaut named Heath Huston, a Texan who works as a so-called fear agent, the last of a dwindling breed of spacemen whose mission it is to fight threats to the planet Earth, which is partly destroyed during the course of the series.
The property emphasizes a kind of in-your-face adventure as Huston hops around the galaxy fighting various alien species and threats.
Rick Remender penned the series, which began life in 2005 as an Image Comics property before moving to Dark Horse the following year.
Dark Horse Entertainment, the production banner of indie comics powerhouse Dark Horse, has been behind a number of comics-to-film breakouts, including “Hellboy” and “30 Days of Night.” After releasing the Dark Horse production “Hellboy 2,” Universal last year partnered with Dark Horse for an overall production and distribution pact.
Universal has put several other Dark Horse properties in development. The company this spring announced that it was developing “The Secret,” an adaptation of the tale of a missing teenager that Scott Milam (who is currently penning the remake of Mother’s Day shooting next month) has signed on to write. It also is eyeing the counterculture title “Emily the Strange.”
In addition to “Air Force One,” Shestack recently produced the Matthew McConaughey romantic comedy “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” and is producing Lionsgate workplace comedy “Cover Your Assets.”
The towering Pirate Clark in Kane Parsons’ Backrooms was an almost entirely practical creation, with former basketball player Robert Bobroczkyi bringing the monstrous character to life on screen. The Romanian–Hungarian actor stands a towering 7-foot, 7″ tall, and he previously played the character known as the Offspring in Fede Alvarez’s Alien Romulus.
As Luiz H.C. noted in an article here on Bloody Disgusting last month, “Though there was some obvious CGI involved in making the character’s peg-leg and nightmarish face more believable, Robert Bobroczkyi’s monstrous performance and his natural frame helped to make that final chase sequence a clear highlight among this year’s genre offerings.”
How did they pull it all off? A behind the scenes documentary will be included on the upcoming Backrooms physical media release, and A24 is offering up a sneak peek this week.
A24 previews the footage released today, “Robert Bobroczkyi’s transformation into Pirate Clark from the exclusive making-of doc, only available on the Backrooms Blu-ray.”
“Pirate Clark is a monster. He understands his body. He knows what his powers are. What he can do. What his limitations are,” creature performer Robert Bobroczkyi explains in the clip. “So his movements and his actions are deliberate. He doesn’t just twitch for no reason.”
He adds, “The prosthetics include the two hand pieces, and then the helmet, the face, the head piece. The head’s quite heavy. You don’t see a lot out of it. But it’s really cool.”
Watch the footage below and pre-order your copy of Backrooms on Blu-ray or 4K now!
A24 is expecting to ship out Backrooms physical media orders in late August.
Robert Bobroczkyi’s transformation into Pirate Clark from the exclusive making-of doc, only available on the Backrooms Blu-ray. pic.twitter.com/yAWdscUOkD
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