Here’s a staggering figure, courtesy of The Los Angeles Times: “In a faddish frenzy, no fewer than 22 film projects born of graphic novels or comics have been announced in the last six weeks.”
I regularly blog about studio acquisitions, and I’m still a little surprised by that number.
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:25 pm
I think a more likely scenario is that one day, every comic book will be a movie *deal*. I bet most of these never actually come out.
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
I bet Jason’s right… Look at how successful WB’s (not) been at turning DC titles NOT named Batman or Superman into films.
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
And how many of those will actually get *made*?
Oh, Jason beat me to it…
April 24th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
You guys are quite correct though… an ‘option agreement’ certainly does not mean a film is going to be made. It is cool to have national attention aimed at a fact that this crowd has always known: comic books are legitimate sources of entertainment; NOT just for “geeks!!”