Max Allan Collins is set to write and direct two sequels to the Oscar-winning 2002 film Road to Perdition, which was based on his DC Comics graphic novel.
The follow-ups, titled Road to Purgatory and Road to Paradise, center on the adult Michael Sullivan Jr., the son of Tom Hanks’ character. The younger Sullivan returns from World War II determined to avenge his murdered father.
Phillip W. Dingeldein will executive produce. Jeffrey B. Mallian’s JBM Production Company will produce with Joel Eisenberg and EMO Films.
The original graphic novel was published in 1998 by DC Comics’ Paradox Press imprint. A follow-up miniseries, called Road to Perdition, Vol. 2: On the Road, was released in 2003 and fleshed out the six-month period in which the father and son were on the run.
You can read the press release here.
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I thought the point of Road to Perdition was that his son became a priest and therefore found peace with his father’s life. This ‘revenge’ angle doesn’t seem to jibe with me. Maybe I need to re-read it. Beautiful book.
November 3rd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Apparently Collins ditched the priest angle when he wrote the novels the two Road sequels are based on.
Also, Collins has written and directed several independent films, this is in no way his directorial debut.
November 3rd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
“which was based on his DC Comics graphic novel”
Wait WHAAAAAAT?
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:14 pm
“which was based on his DC Comics graphic novel”
Wait WHAAAAAAT?
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Yes. “Road to Perdition” was originally published back in the 1990′s by Paradox Press, an imprint of DC.
November 5th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
One of the many reasons that DC movies are superior to Marvels.Good movie and good comic don’t like that there are sequels.