Ben Stiller will produce and possibly star in The Return of King Doug, the DreamWorks adaptation of the upcoming Oni Press graphic novel.
The comic, written by Greg Erb and Jason Oremland, focuses on a man who must return to the fantasy world he abandoned three decades earlier. The writers, who worked on The Princess and the Frog for Disney, will handle the screenplay.
Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld and Jeremy Kramer will produce King Doug through their Red Hour Productions, based at DreamWorks.
Oni Press partner Eric Gitter will produce through the company’s production arm, Closed on Mondays Entertainment.
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:08 pm
It’s a great premise, but… uh… why can’t I find ANYTHING about the comic online? Help?
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Sounds a LOT like Edginton and D’Israeli’s book Kingdom of the Wicked that was originally published back in ‘97.
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
There isn’t any information about the graphic novel online because the book isn’t coming out until 2009.
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Like Randy mentioned, the book isn’t on the schedule until next year–we’re spending 2008 stock-piling material so that we have better lead times for both promotion and scheduling.
We’d actually intended to announce the book at the New York Comic Con in a few weeks, but once the Hollywood trades caught wind of Mr. Stiller’s involvement, the cat was out of the bag. Stay tuned to the Oni Press News feed (at http://www.onipress.com/blog) for the next several days as we release some additional info on the graphic novel!