Comics
Universal Adapting Ridiculously Cool Looking ‘Kill the Minotaur’
Skybound Entertainment, the company run by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, has teamed with Universal Pictures to adapt its comic, Kill the MinotaurTHR, says .
The comic, which launched as a series in June, is a modern and fantastical take on the ancient Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, the creature that is half-man, half-bull. In this expansion of the myth, Theseus must still enter King Minos’ Labyrinth, but the latter has been expanded into a much larger and fantastical setting. And while Theseus must still defeat the Minotaur, a creature which feeds on human sacrifices, the monster has its own world-threatening designs.
The comic hails from Christian Cantamessa and Chris Pasetto. Cantamessa was one of the writers who worked on the video game Red Dead Redemption and also directed the Skybound-produced movie Air, which he co-wrote with Pasetto. Lukas Ketner and Jean-Francois Beaulieu are the artists.
Cantamessa and Pasetto are attached to write the script for the feature adaptation, which the producers hope to translate into a blockbuster sci-fi thriller.
Kirkman and his Skybound partner David Alpert will produce the feature project along with the company’s co-presidents of TV & film Bryan Furst and Sean Furst.
The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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