We've confirmed the acquisition today after reports on Millar's blog that his six-issue comic was headed to theaters...
The Mark Millar global assault continues, with the Scottish writer and art partner Tony Harris setting up their Image Comics series "War Heroes" at Sony with Michael De Luca set to produce.
This is Millar's third comic project to break through — he wrote the comicbook "Wanted" and his current Icon series "Kick-Ass" is in production with Mathew Vaughn directing. Sony is looking for a writer to adapt the comic, which has published only two of its six issue run so far.
Deals show that Millar is a hot property, with a knack for coming up with high concept stories and publicity — the rights to "Wanted," "Kick-Ass" and "War Heroes" all were sold with only a couple of issues released.