The rumors have been around for a few weeks. “Jolie Vainer is in talks to Play Princess Lucinda in a live action version of the Channel M Publishing graphic novel.”
Recently I did a little research found a source close to her and asked point blank if this was true. The source is close to her and I won’t name names because they really didn’t have to do this.
I also contacted the people at Channel M who where closed mouth -which is their prerogative- about all of this. But still, I half expected them to break the news .
Today my source confirmed Jolie Vainer is in talks to play the role. This isn’t a 100% thing I know, but it confirms a lot of speculation.
1. There is a movie in the works.
2. It’s live action
3. If they go with Jolie Vainer after her turn in the movie "Shorts" most likely the film will be at the very least of equal budget to that film's.
4. A Press conference or release has to be close.
5. Hollywood is really taking a cue from movies like Scott Pilgrim and Kick-Ass in searching for properties among obscure publishers.
This gives hope to a lot of little publishers out there. Even if this doesn’t go through, it still means that someone else out there with the next big thing might have a chance.
Princess Lucinda is a character from a small indie company. But her story is unique and very cinematic in the scope of a lot of other little comic stories. Maybe this is a sign the comic book movies are veering away from the sure fire thing towards good original properties.