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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.
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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