Russell Sanzgiri’s Counterpart Pictures has optioned the film rights to Tapas Media’s digital comic book Blink, reports Variety.
“Blink focuses on a young African-American girl pushed to the brink — until she screams at the top of her lungs, seemingly causing anything and everything to freeze indefinitely. Alone and afraid, she wanders around New York City while being stalked by an ancient evil entity.”
The comic is written by former DC Comics editor Rex Ogle and drawn by Eduardo Francisco.
Tapas Media has 70,000 original titles published to date, with one million unique episodes and over 5 billion views.
“Comics have always been a great source of original stories for film and TV, and we’re excited to help creators like Rex and Eduardo publish new and captivating stories like ‘Blink’ on Tapas,” Tapas Media CEO Chang Kim said in a press release to the site. “To further help develop these stories and pitch to studios and production companies for ancillary development opportunities has been an incredibly exciting endeavor.”
Sanzgiri will executive produce.
