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Hell Has Frozen Over: ‘Crossed’ The Latest Comic To Get A Big Screen Adaptation?!
Hurry, somebody put the blindfold back on Ebert before his eyes melt out of his head! Because if the film critic thought that “KICK-ASS” was “morally reprehensible” then he will probably have a coronary in the first 5 minutes of this one. Several news outlets such as, Bleeding Cool and Variety before them, are reporting that series creator Garth Ennis has already penned a script for the adaptation and is shopping it around to directors! Read on for the skinny on the plans to bring “CROSSED” to the big screen! (otherwise known as: yet another reason why Kevin Spacey is ‘the man’)
Here Is An Excerpt From The Article On Variety.com…
“Ken F. Levin has enlisted Michael De Luca, Jason Netter and Kevin Spacey’s Trigger Street Prods to help independently finance and produce an adaptation of Garth Ennis’ apocalyptic horror comicbook series “Crossed” before shopping it to distributors.
“Crossed,” published by Avatar Press and drawn by Jacen Burrows, revolves around a group of survivors in a world where most people have been possessed by evil incarnate and those who haven’t hide in order to avoid being murdered.
Ennis has already penned a version of the script that is being shown to directors.
“It turns out Garth writes as well for film as he does for comics, which is saying a great deal indeed,” Netter said in a statement. “Garth’s screenplay has just knocked all of us out.”
The Entire Article Can be Read At Variety
I’m pretty sure that this was something no one ever thought would happen. “CROSSED” is EASILY the most depraved piece of comic lit to hit shelves on a world-wide level in years, maybe ever, and a film adaptation would be almost like seeing “CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST” released theatrically. Oddly enough, I’m okay with this. What say you Horse-Cock gang?
They seem pleased. So what say you?
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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