Another hero from Marvel comic books is coming to the big screen, but it’s not from Marvel Studios — and it may not be a character you’re familiar with.

Deadline reported Wednesday that The Human Fly is in development as an independent production executive produced by Eisenberg-Fisher Productions, with a screenplay from Cirque Du Soleil historian Tony Babinski. The Human Fly ran as a Marvel series for 19 issues starting in 1977, featuring a hero based on real-life stuntman Rick Rojatt — thus the tagline “The wildest super-hero ever — because he’s real!” The character is unrelated to the long-running Marvel villain of the same name, who recently appeared in Venom.

Though the Human Fly interacted with Marvel Universe characters including Ghost Rider in Human Fly #2,  like Micronauts, Rom: Spaceknight and other licensed ’70s Marvel titles, the publisher no longer has an association with the property.

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