Fan favorite comic writer Ed Brubaker's Eisner award winning crime noir saga Criminal, of which Coward is the first volume, will be getting the big screen treatment courtesy of Brubaker himself and director David Slade. Word from Variety is that the ICON comic series adaptation will be distributed by Hunting Lane Films.
Here are some quotes from Brubaker..
"If Ryan Gosling hadn't already been in 'Drive,' he'd be perfect (for the role of Leo). It's a good role for any actor; about a guy who's afraid to do things because of what's inside of him. It's a heist story, partly -- it's a lot of different crime stories wrapped in one, but heist stories are always exciting if they're pulled off correctly."
And Slade...
"'Coward' was just a great modern story. It harkens back to an era of crime stories where there's really a gritty reality to it, but there's a kind of underworld haze of noir. It's not like we have to reinvent the material, to figure it out, because it already works."
Slade is also set to direct Fox's
Daredevil reboot so we assume that
Coward will be his next project, but nothing is currently known for sure. Updates as we have em. For those unfamiliar with Brubaker's comic series..
From Harvey Award-Winning Best Writer Ed Brubaker, and Scream Award-Winning Best Artist Sean Phillips comes the first collection of Criminal, one of the best reviewed comics of 2006. Coward is the story of Leo, a professional pickpocket who is also a legendary heist-planner and thief. But there's a catch with Leo, he won't work any job that he doesn't call all the shots on, he won't allow guns, and the minute things turn south, he's looking for any exit that won't land him in prison. But when he's lured into a risky heist, all his rules go out the window, and he ends up on the run from the cops and the bad men who double-crossed him. Now Leo must come face-to-face with the violence he's kept bottled up inside for 20 years, and nothing will ever be the same for him again. Collects Criminal #1-5
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