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Pascal Pictures Resurrects Prehistoric ‘Genus’
If Encino Man were a dark sci-fi thriller it would be Genus, a new project from Pascal Pictures.
Penned by Kat Wood, Genus is described as a thriller about a scientist who accidentally brings back a prehistoric form of human species. Deadline adds that it’s set in modern day and has a strong female lead.
Wood is a former Earth scientist and journalist for the BBC, who is from the UK. Since starting a career as a screenwriter, she has been named as one of the UK’s rising stars. She is one of several up and coming women who write, direct and produce.
Pascal has been steadily building up her feature film and television development slate with such projects as Beneath a Scarlet Sky, Mercury 13, the aforementioned Envoy as well as Barbie and the comic-based Silver & Black.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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