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Dark Horse is Turning the Original ‘Predator’ Screenplay into a Comic Series!
Announced just last month, Dark Horse Comics is turning Dan O’Bannon’s original Alien screenplay into a comic series, and today brings more exciting news cut from the same cloth.
Syfy Wire has announced today that Predator: The Original Screenplay is also coming soon from Dark Horse, a five issue mini-series that will adapt Predator‘s unused screenplay!
The comics will be written by Jeremy Barlow with art by Patrick Blaine, and the basis for the story was the script penned by James E. Thomas and John C. Thomas in 1984.
Syfy Wire explains, “At that time, the project was titled “Hunters.” It centered on a group of military specialists on a classified rescue mission. So far so familiar, right? As time goes on, “the team soon uncovers a trail of lies and deceit,” reads the official synopsis. “Something is observing them — tracking their every move. The hunt has begun!”
Barlow told the site, “The bones of Predator are there, but the original idea was so different and in some ways, much deeper than what the movie became — and we lean hard into those differences. Turn all of that over to a pair of dynamic artists like Patrick Blaine and Andy Owens, and the results are spectacular. Predator fans are going to lose their minds!”
Issue #1 arrives Wednesday, June 10. Check out the cover art below, which promises that the monster in the series will be quite different from the Predators we know and love.
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‘Curse of the Where Wolf’ Bites Into August Release With Trio of Werewolf Theatrical Screenings [Exclusive Preview]
Larry Chaney‘s hairy misadventures are continuing in the sequel graphic novel Curse of the Where Wolf from creative team Rob Saucedo, Debora Lancianese, and Jack Morelli, and its author is celebrating with a trio of horror’s greatest werewolf films.
The Curse of the Where Wolf hits shelves on August 7 from Encyclopocalypse Publications.
That coincides with the launch of a theatrical screening event in Houston, Texas, featuring a trio of seminal werewolf flicks turning 45 this year: The Howling on August 7, Wolfen on August 14, and An American Werewolf in London on August 21.
Each screening features a “werewolf in film” presentation as well as a book signing from Where Wolf author and River Oaks Theatre artistic director Rob Saucedo.
In the new graphic novel, “Being a werewolf sucks. Reporter Larry Chaney wanted to be a hero. Instead, he became a werewolf. Now, caught between incredible new powers and a desire to eat everything (and everyone) in sight, Larry must find a cure for his curse. Or die trying.”
“With Where Wolf, I wanted to tell a whodunit set in a furry convention, so the story was pretty contained within a very specific setting and genre. With Curse of the Where Wolf, I wanted to celebrate everything I love about the possibility of comic books. Curse of the Where Wolf is a funny book, in every sense of the phrase, but it’s also an earnest look at a person’s struggle to become a better version of themselves, especially when the alternative is to become a literal monster,” Saucedo says of Curse.
The original graphic novel was previously serialized as the first webcomic hosted on Fangoria before being collected by Encyclopocalypse Publications in 2023 and has already been optioned for film, podcast, and television development ahead of launch by producers James Fino (“The Freak Brothers” for Tubi, “Rick and Morty” for Adult Swim) and Charles Horak (First Date for Magnolia Pictures).
Expect Larry to find himself in even weirder situations in the 362-page full color sequel; Saucedo has provided Bloody Disgusting with exclusive art pages from the upcoming graphic novel that showcase lupine humor.
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