Princess Lucinda, the story of a tween evil princess with vast magical powers, may soon be standing next to indie comics like 300, Scott Pilgrim, and The Crow as an Indie comic property that has made the transition from comics to film.
According to a producer's social media, the character's official Instagram, IMDB, and other sources, the obscure comic is already moving along with director Lucio Russo and screenwriter Mal Harris at newly christened Relelentess Films. Set to shoot in Vancouver and NYC later this year, the film has also found its two leads.
This is us' Presly Alexander will be playing the young wicked witch princess Lucinda while Croc!'s Beatrice Fletcher will be taking on the role of her older sister/guardian, the good princess, Millicent. Also, according to several online audition requests, several other characters from the series are also being cast for the 20 million dollar budget production.
This may well be a case of the third time is a charm as this character and its world has been on this road two times before including a failed crowdfunding venture almost a decade ago and television series that ended up the victim of covid starring, Leilah de Meza (Alice through the looking Glass).
The character Princess Lucinda, or Bruxa Princesa as she's known in the Portuguese translation of the comic in Brazil, despite appearing as your typical girl adventure comic on the cover doesn't avoid controversy showing an at times cruel twelve-year-old protagonist who smokes, sips on the occasional glass of while and has no problem unleashing havoc on an unsuspecting world for her own amusement.
While there are no official photos and materials beyond a teaser poster, a ver short animatic, and a storyboard page, those items seem to be showing the film isn't shying away from the book's dark beginnings. The storyboard and animatic shows almost beat per beat the first few panels of the comic's first Graphic Novel, Princess Lucinda, Black rose of the Empire"
I discovered Princess Lucinda while trying to find something to read in my sister's comic stash while on vacation. The books are dark, funny, and at times horrific, with anime-inspired art and tone that comes across as Wednesday meets Artemis Fowl and meets Zatanna. If the movie can keep the feel and tones of the comics, we may have something different from the standard superhero stories coming out of comics to the big screen.