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TV: Awesome ‘Powers’ Gets Violent for FX!
It was revealed back in December that “The Walking Dead” executive producer Charles “Chic” Eglee (also known for “Dexter” and “The Shield”) was in talks to head up the television adaptation of the long-running comic series “Powers.” The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Eglee with produce the Michael Dinner-directed (“Sons of Anarchy” and “Justified” pilots) pilot episode based on his own screenplay adaptation. FX has given the green light for a pilot presentation.
Based on the popular comic by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, “Powers” follows detectives in a homicide department devoted to cases that involve superheroes. The pilot order comes a decade after Sony optioned the rights for a feature film version, which never came to fruition. “Powers” has been in publication for more than a decade, producing a dozen graphic novels and more than 60 issues.
Theo James Krekis‘ short film Jealous People are Ugly People premiered earlier this year at SXSW and has since inspired a massive bidding war for its feature film expansion.
New Line Cinema has emerged victorious in the latest feeding frenzy over next-generation digital horror IP and its creators, Deadline reports.
Krekis will adapt Jealous People are Ugly People, directing from his own script.
In the short film, “Vasilly has become painfully jealous of his best friend, Luke. But things aren’t going so well for Luke. Every time he shares some good news, he starts to suffer from strange and violent repercussions. Disturbed by the uncanny timing, Vasilly recalls his Yiayia’s warnings about the Greek superstition of the evil eye – and starts to believe his own envy might be to blame for Luke’s bad luck.”
SXSW described the short film as ” a darkly comic psychological thriller about male jealousy, inherited superstition, and the corrosive power of repressed ambition.”
Jennifer Monks and Michelle Stein will produce the feature take alongside Isaac Klausner, John Fischer, Ben Levine and Ethan Cappello. Josh Mack and Lauren Botchan are overseeing for New Line.
Jealous People are Ugly People joins New Line’s upcoming horror slate that also includes Santiago Menghini’s The Revenge of La Llorona on February 26, 2027, and The Conjuring: First Communion on September 10, 2027.