Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Coward

10/28/11 - Hunting Lane Films has acquired the rights to Coward, a graphic novel written by Ed Brubaker and drawn by Sean Phillips. Brubaker will adapt the screenplay, and David Slade is attached to direct.  The first book in the Criminal series, Coward focuses on a master thief trawling a gritty urban underground of hustlers and crooked cops. Marvel Comics' Icon imprint publishes the books.

10/25/11 – Variety reported that Ed Brubaker is adapting his graphic novel Coward for Jamie Patricof's Hunting Lane Films, which has acquired the rights to the modern crime noir and attached David Slade to direct.  Coward centers on Leo, a master thief and heist planner who lives in a world of hustlers, crooked cops, pickpockets and lowlifes. A sequel to Coward is in the works, and Hunting Lane has first option on the second in the series.  Patricof will produce.

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