The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Vanguard Films has acquired the rights Steve Emond’s Slave Labor Graphics comic Emo Boy. Emond himself will be writing the screenplay adaptation, while Kyle Newman has been tapped to direct.  The article goes on to give a definition for “emo” (which is pretty funny, considering that the thing that emo has become now, which is more or less Goth-lite, is about 10.4 light years away from the “emotional hardcore” of the Washington D.C. punk scene where the term first originated).  This is great news for Emond; perhaps THR will spell his name correctly in the future.

I’m also amused by the line that “Vanguard discovered the book at Comic-Con”.  I like the notion of Production Assistants with mining hats and flashlights, trolling the booths for potential properties.  Actually, that’s not too far from what actually happens.

Director Newman does bring some cult cache to the project.  He’s the guy that directed Fanboys, the film that’s most famous for putting Kristen Bell in the Slave Leia ensemble.  That will finally open in February.

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