Saturday, August 6, 2011

David Heyman: Hollywood Nonplayer

Potter producer accumulates Image comicYou'd think following a decade of wrangling the colossal Harry Potter series, producer David Heyman may want to put his ft up and take a while off. But you would be wrong, since he's presently knee deep in Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity, and he's just become mounted on Image Comics' Nonplayer, which Warner's are thinking of getting like a Large Factor for future years. The six problem miniseries by Nate Simpson is occur America around half a century hence, and centres around delivery girl Dana Stevens, who stays the majority of her down time inside a total-immersion MMORG known as Players of Jarvath. Her avatar is definitely an elite assassin, however when she kills a full, she begins to get some uncomfortable attention in the allegedly non-player game character King Heremoth, and finds herself in certain very real danger.... The comics have acquired some seriously positive attention, with Warren Ellis saying Nonplayer is fucking stunning and the one and only Moebius calling it beautiful and incredibly awesome . Warners clearly agree, possibly visiting a potential tentpole project to back-in the troubled Akira. Roy Lee (The Departed, How you can Train Your Dragon) is going to be managing alongside Heyman. Image are fast-becoming Hollywood playas: Mike Sarkar and Garrie Gastonny's treasure-hunting The Vault has additionally been acquired by Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil production company. You should check out a preview from the Vault here, and something of Nonplayer here. Comic movies are not going anywhere soon, however they need not continually be concerning the capes....

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