From Niall O’Rourke and Rob Moran, Keenspot comic book The Crying Boy is headed to the big screen with a movie adaptation in development, Deadline exclusively reports this afternoon.
Carter Swan, who just produced Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil, is behind the upcoming movie adaptation of The Crying Boy. Deadline notes that Rona Mark will be writing the screenplay.
The horror comic arrived on the scene back in 2024.
Publisher Keenspot describes, “In this shocking new horror series, Nadia and her son Samir have moved to Queens, New York to restart their lives after the violent death of her husband. In their new apartment, they discover an old painting of a sad, innocent-looking boy. Nadia is reluctant to keep the maudlin canvas, but relents when her son seems to bond with it.
“The grief-torn family have no idea that within the canvas hides a demon from Hell surviving for millennia by feeding on the souls of children. Thrown into the world of the supernatural, Nadia must overcome her depression and grief and save her son from evil.”
Comic book co-creator Niall O’Rourke said in a statement, “Super excited to work with Carter Swan and develop the project. He brings an incredible amount of experience and knowledge to this. We hit it off straight away after he read the script and he was a big fan of the Keenspot comic book series.”
Keenspot’s CEO Chris Crosby adds, “The Crying Boy has been one of Keenspot’s best-received titles and we’re ecstatic that a producer like Swan will be helping to bring it to the big screen. It’s a testament to the awesome creativity of writer Niall O’Rourke and artist Rob Moran that this adaptation is attracting talent of the highest caliber.”
