Via Dark Horizons comes a Variety report that Daniel Clowes will adapt his Eisner-winning story “The Death-Ray” for Jack Black’s production company.
Black will produce the film and take a small role, the trade publication reports.
Clowes plans to update the story, which appeared in Eightball #23, changing the super-powered protagonist from a teen-ager to an older man.
“I like the idea of him as a cranky 48-year-old man,” the writer is quoted as saying. “Using his powers to throw kids off his lawn.”
