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300 to Return to Print and the Big Screen
Sunday, June 29th, 2008 @ 10:49 pm
Well, it looks like making a 300 follow up is too irresistible for Frank Miller and Zack Snyder. Miller is writing a new graphic novel that is either a prequel or spin-off of 300. Miller will also write a screen adaption and Snyder will likely direct the film.
Legendary Pictures has confirmed it is developing a “300″ follow-up for Warner Bros. that Frank Miller is writing and Zack Snyder is intended to direct.
Miller is writing the graphic novel the project will be based upon, although at this point it’s not clear whether it will be a prequel or spinoff. Most of the characters, including Gerard Butler’s King Leonidas, died in the original, making a follow-up tricky.
Snyder won’t officially commit until after he sees Miller’s take, but he’s definitely interested, and the prospect of his involvement already has fanboys in a tizzy.
Planning a screen adaption of a comic before it is even finished seems to be a growing trend. Billy Smoke from Oni Press is a comic that will see publication next year. Already Billy Smoke is headed for the big screen and Matthew Fox is in negations to star.
Matthew Fox is in negotiations to star in Warner Bros.’ “Billy Smoke,” based on the Oni Press comic about a hit man seeking redemption.
Project’s produced by Basil Iwanyk at Thunder Road and Eric Gitter at Closed on Mondays Entertainment. Oni’s Peter Sherwin will exec produce.
Story centers on an elite hit man who’s nearly killed during a botched job and realizes that his only way to find redemption is to rid the world of all assassins.
The comicbook series, written by B. Clay Moore and illustrated by Eric Kim, will be published by Oni Press next year. Moore recently wrote the comic “Leading Man,” set up at Universal.
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