Movie and graphic novel packages

"Ah, Mark Millar is back in the news again. After Warren Ellis joked at Comic-Con about how "you never write a graphic novel thinking about making it a movie," specifically naming Millar, the comic book writer is back with another big adaptation with a few big names from Hollywood attached."

- watch for this quote later on in the post.

It seems that a lot of graphic novels are being developed with movie deals packaged with them regularly these days.

Dead Space 2 movie and graphic novel announced

Much like the first title EA has announced two new products in the Dead Space franchise; Dead Space Aftermath and Dead Space Salvage, both set to expand the Dead Space lore this winter as part of the pre-launch campaign to Dead Space 2.

"It is tremendously inspiring to see Dead Space continually expand to more media," said executive producer of the Dead Space franchise Steve Papoutsis, "It has always been our goal to experience the universe through multiple lenses and our vision is being realized. The Dead Space world is living, breathing, and terrifying. We couldn't be more excited about these new offerings."

Aftermath is an animated feature that explains what happened during the first-responder mission to Aegis VII and and Salvage is a graphic novel that tells the story of a rogue group of miners who come across the USG Ishimura.

Graphic novel 'Lore' being adapted for big screen (exclusive)

Andrew Lazar's Mad Chance and Circle of Confusion are teaming up to give IDW Publishing graphic novel "Lore" the big-screen treatment.

Cory Goodman, the scribe who wrote the Paul Bettany vampire thriller "Priest" for Screen Gems, and Jeremy Lott will write the screenplay.

The producers are hoping to launch an action-adventure franchise in the vein of "Men in Black," this one focused on mythological creatures. The story focuses on a young man who reluctantly becomes a member of an elite secret order charged with protecting humanity from the beasts of folklore who invade our world.

The comic was created by Australian Ashley Wood and T.P. Louise, who at last year's Comic-Con sold the rights to their book "World War Robot" to Jerry Bruckheimer.

- Borys Kit

Also sneaking into this post is a zombie television show mention. I'd not heard about this, but apparently television will get "The Walking Dead" also produced by Lazar, which is being produced by AMC.

Bonus: More on Lore

Green Lantern 2
Yeah - the first movie is coming out shortly with Ryan Reynolds (will it be cool? or will it be Dare Devil all over again?). I saw an image of the Green Lantern's costume, and the responses from fans are mixed (but mixed closer to the bad end).

Warner Bros. Pictures has hired Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) to write the screenplay for Green Lantern 2. The first film is scheduled to hit 3D and 2D theaters on June 17, 2011.

Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim were previously hired to write a treatment for the sequel that would have Ryan Reynolds return as the DC Comics superhero who's part of the Green Lantern Corps.

Filming just wrapped in New Orleans, Louisiana on the Martin Campbell-directed movie, produced by Donald De Line.

Goldenberg's credits also include Where the Wild Things Are, Peter Pan and Contact.

Tony Scott set to direct adaptation of Mark Millar's 'Nemesis'

Ah, Mark Millar is back in the news again. After Warren Ellis joked at Comic-Con about how "you never write a graphic novel thinking about making it a movie," specifically naming Millar, the comic book writer is back with another big adaptation with a few big names from Hollywood attached. Deadline and Bleeing Cool report that 20th Century Fox has acquired the big rights to Millar's graphic novel Nemesis and has attached Tony Scott (who has been in the news a lot recently) to direct with Scott Free developing as well. Nemesis was published in March by Marvel's Icon Comics imprint with Steven McNiven doing the art in it.

Nemesis focuses on Matt Anderson, a billionaire genius who's the world's greatest fighter bent on avenging the death of his parents. The twist is, they were villains and he's a bad guy, a costumed vigilante who travels the world, picking off top cops. He returns to DC to launch a campaign of terror against Blake Morrow, the police chief who captured the caped vigilante's parents. Mark Millar wrote on his site: "Our dream was an Ultimates movie with Scott directing because he can do the character work and the intensity, but also handle scale and action like practically no other. The idea of a him helming a superhero movie had us giddy." Fun.

To me this sounds like it could be good, as long as it has a strong story, great characters, and as long as Tony Scott can actually direct a kick ass movie. I don't hate Mark Millar as much as some people out there, so I've got nothing against him. We're still not sure when we'll even see this adaptation anyway, as Scott has about 50 other projects on his upcoming slate. The three projects he's choosing from next (Potzdamer Platz, Hell’s Angels, The Associate) don't even include Nemesis, but we'll keep you updated on this anyway. Thoughts?

Last Man Standing sells to Paramount
Check out this studio art! Awesome!