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 Working Title Films have snapped up rights to Kurt Busiek's multiple award winning graphic novel series "Astro City."
"Astro City," created by Busiek with artists Brent Anderson and Alex Ross, tells the story of life among the superheroes. While Samaritan, Winged Victory, the Hanged Man and Jack-in-the-Box patrol the skies, protect a city and uphold justice, the 'normal' people have to cope with a life surrounded by danger and wonder, their lives interacting with those of the heroes above.
Winner of twenty Eisner and Harvey Awards since its debut in 1995, the series has long been considered one of the standouts of the comics field, praised for its compelling, nuanced perspective on the superhero genre, illuminating the humanity and inner lives of both the superheroes and the people they protect.
Busiek has worked on a wide variety of comics in his career, including Iron Man, The Avengers, Spider-Man and his own original series Arrowsmith, The Liberty Project, The Wizard's Tale and Superstar: As Seen on TV. In 2003, Busiek launched a hit revival of Conan for Dark Horse Comics. In 2005, Busiek entered a four-year exclusive deal with DC Comics, writing top characters including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and others. Currently, he continues writing "Astro City," while working with Alex Ross on a new revival of artist Jack Kirby's concepts and launching his own new urban-fantasy series The Witchlands.
"I'm thrilled to be doing 'Astro City' with Working Title Films," said Busiek. "For years, we turned down all offers for the book, but Working Title's track record on great movies like 'Love Actually, 'Oh Brother, Where Are Thou?' and 'Shaun of the Dead,' and their commitment to high-quality, character-driven storytelling, make me confident that this is the perfect place to make an 'Astro City' film a reality."
The project was brought to Working Title by Ben Barenholtz, who will also be one of the executive producers. Busiek is writing a treatment and will also serve as executive producer along with Ben Barenholtz (Requiem for a Dream) and Jonathan Alpers.
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Sounds interesting.
Thanks in advance for removing this!
I doubt Nolan for this. It needs to be someone that can handle a large cast. One director I've always been curious to see handle a superhero project is Ron Howard.
I sincerely hope you are just saying that you don't think Nolan would be interested, and not doubting his ability to handle an ensemble cast...
I agree with others on here,Alex Ross and Brent Anderson should be contacted to do costume design sketches,production design sketches and Alex Ross should do the promotional posters for the Astro City movie the way that Drew Struzan would do the Star Wars,Indiana Jones and Back To The Future movie posters.Alex Ross is one of the best comic book artists out there right now and if anyone should do the poster for Astro City,it feels like it would be only right if it were one of the men who helped created Astro City.