Comics

Archaia’s ‘Feeding Ground’ Heads To The Big Screen

Published

12 years ago

June 26, 2012

Last month, Edward R. Pressman Brings, producer of The Crow and American Psycho, acquired the right to Archaia’s horror graphic novel, Feeding Ground, created by Swifty Lang, Michael Lapinski and Chris Mangun. The film will be directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and adapted for the screen by Carlos Coto.

Let’s get things straight. “Feeding Ground” is a werewolf story (I told you they were making a comeback), and it centers around a smuggler who carts people across the Mexico-U.S. border as he gets caught up with a bad drug deal, werewolves, and the border police. Check out more details below.

Pressman said in a statement, “Feeding Ground is an intense and terrifying thriller with a subtle but pointed commentary on immigration in modern America. The graphic novel is so cinematic in nature — as soon as I read it, I knew we could make a film that would resonate with a wide audience. Alfonso and Carlos are the perfect talents to bring this vision to the big screen.”

In an interview with CBR he added, “It struck me as a unique story of survival that is very distinctive from the typical “border story.” “Feeding Ground” is not steeped in border politics or stereotypes, rather it tells the story of the Busqueda family’s tremendous struggle to put their personal issues aside and band together to survive werewolf predators as they cross The Devil’s Highway. “Feeding Ground” brings never-before-seen elements to both the werewolf genre and the “border story.””

When asked about why he thought it would make a great adaptation, Pressman said, “”Feeding Ground” writer Swifty Lang, artist Michael Lapinski and co-creator Chris Mangun did a fantastic job creating and visualizing the story. I found myself particularly drawn to the scenes in which we see the world through the eyes of the young daughter Flaca as she transforms into a werewolf. Her view of the world meshes well with traditional Mexican folk art and will be very powerful when seen on a big screen. The desert also provides a great stage for playing tricks on the minds of the characters.”

Comics

‘Witchblade’ is Getting Resurrected This Summer in New Comic Series from Top Cow and Image Comics

Published

6 days ago

April 18, 2024

Meagan Navarro

Witchblade, the popular comic series that initially ran from 1995 to 2015 and launched a TV series, is getting resurrected in a new comic series from Top Cow and Image Comics. It’s set to unleash heavy metal, black magic and blood this summer.

Look for the new Witchblade series to launch on July 17, 2024.

In Witchblade #1, “New York City Police Detective Sara Pezzini’s life was forever fractured by her father’s murder. Cold, cunning, and hellbent on revenge, Sara now stalks a vicious criminal cabal beneath the city, where an ancient power collides and transforms her into something wild, magnificent, and beyond her darkest imaginings. How will Sara use this ancient power, or will she be consumed by it?”

The series is penned by NYT Best-Selling writer Marguerite Bennett (Animosity, Batwoman, DC Bombshells) and visualized by artist Giuseppe Cafaro (Suicide Squad, Power Rangers, Red Sonja). The creative duo is working with original co-creator Marc Silvestri, who is the CEO of Top Cow Productions Inc. and one of the founders of Image Comics. They are set to reintroduce the series to Witchblade’s enduring fans with “a reimagined origin with contemporary takes on familiar characters and new story arcs that will hook new readers and rekindle the energy and excitement that fueled the 90’s Image Revolution that shaped generations of top creators.”

Bennett said in a statement, “The ability to tell a ferocious story full of monsters, sexuality, vision, and history was irresistible.” She adds, “Our saga is sleek, vicious, ferocious, and has a lot to say about power in the 21st century and will be the first time that we are stopping the roller coaster to let more people on. I’ve loved Witchblade since I was a child, and there is truly no other heroine like Sara with such an iconic legacy and such a rich, brutal relationship to her own body.”

“The Witchblade universe is being modernized to reflect how Marguerite beautifully explores the extreme sides of Sara through memories, her personal thoughts, like desire and hunger, in her solitude and when she is possessed by the Witchblade. So, I had to visually intersect a noir True Detective-like world with a supernatural, horror world that is a fantastic mix between Berserk and Zodiac,” Cafaro stated.

Marc Silvestri notes, “This is brand new mythology around Sara, and I can’t wait for you to fall in love with her and all the twists and turns. Discover Witchblade reimagined this summer, and join us as we bring all the fun of the 90s to the modern age and see how exciting comics can be. I can’t wait for you to read this new series.”

Witchblade#1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 17th, for $4.99 for 48 pages. And it’ll come with multiple cover variants.