Film rights to Image comic DESCENDER from Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen picked up by Sony Pictures

Film rights to Image comic DESCENDER from Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen picked up by Sony Pictures

Sony won a bidding war for the film rights to DESCENDER written by Jeff Lemire, drawn by Dustin Nguyen and (soon-to-be) published by Image Comics. Hit the jump for more.

By ChrisStMartin - Jan 30, 2015 03:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: The Hollywood Reporter, Heat Vision

The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog published an exclusive report that a Sony film based on the soon-to-be-published Image comic DESCENDER will be produced by Josh Bratman. DESCENDER's writer, Jeff Lemire, and artist, Dustin Nguyen, are attached as executive producers. The first issue of DESCENDER is due in comic shops on March 4, 2015.

The story of DESCENDER is a science-fiction tale set in a future where any form of autonomous artificial intelligence (android, robot, etc.) is hunted across the stars to destruction. One such robot, TIM-21, will flee bounty hunters along with a crew of unlikely companions. TIM and crew will set out from a distant mining colony and fly from world to world, facing danger and adversity at every turn.  TIM-21 is said to be very lifelike, yet feared by the bounty hunters as a key to galactic destruction.

Nominated for 8 Eisner awards, Lemire recently concluded a run on DC's 'Green Arrow' and will soon begin work on Marvel's 'Hawkeye.' Nguyen is widely known for his work on several 'Batman' titles.

Former Oscar nominee Michael De Luca -- whose credits include executive producer or producer on 'American History X,' 'The Social Network,' 'Captain Phillips,' 'Blade,' 'Blade II,' 'Zathura,' 'Thirteen Days,' 'Dark City,' and NOT a single 'Spider-Man' movie – will oversee for the studio. With productions like those to his credit maybe this film is in good hands. Of course he also produced 'Lost in Space,' 'The Long Kiss Goodnight' and both 'Ghostrider' films, so let's keep our fingers crossed that he brings his genius game to this film.

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Lozzy
Lozzy - 1/30/2015, 4:10 PM
Great, Sony can [frick] this up aswell.
DatScarletPimPerNeLL
DatScarletPimPerNeLL - 1/30/2015, 4:12 PM
Hmmm...hadn't heard of this book before. Sounds interesting enough. I wonder what happened with all the momentum with Umbrella Academy? That was under Image right?
tokens
tokens - 1/30/2015, 4:18 PM
when are we getting the [frick]ing jem and the holograms trailer!!!!??!?
BlackPhillip
BlackPhillip - 1/30/2015, 4:19 PM
So, Sony is going to make a movie based on a comic that hasn't even released its first issue yet?
MrMartyMarvel
MrMartyMarvel - 1/30/2015, 4:20 PM
Maybe it can give Spidey company in Sony's dungeon.
staypuffed
staypuffed - 1/30/2015, 4:21 PM
Descender looks great, though I'll wait until the first issue actually comes out to to get excited about this.
Baka
Baka - 1/30/2015, 4:22 PM
@Ramiel
Sony's desperate for new & or established IPs
manowar
manowar - 1/30/2015, 4:24 PM
love what Lemire did in Animal Man and Green Arrow, so ill probably read this.
Enphlieuwince
Enphlieuwince - 1/30/2015, 4:28 PM
Sounds like and awesome read.
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 1/30/2015, 4:30 PM
The Amazing Spider-Man 3
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 1/30/2015, 4:31 PM
oh this is good too
MarkyMarkRises
MarkyMarkRises - 1/30/2015, 4:31 PM
^ better than cinemasins
DatScarletPimPerNeLL
DatScarletPimPerNeLL - 1/30/2015, 4:42 PM
@cinnamon....member a day or so ago you said somethin' bout a Black Panther rumor? The beans. Please, spill them.
Schmoopy
Schmoopy - 1/30/2015, 4:45 PM
Go to hell Sony.
ChrisStMartin
ChrisStMartin - 1/30/2015, 4:46 PM
INVINCIBLE and the Guardians of the Globe? That INVINCIBLE?
If the right people made it, it could be very cool.

And I think The Walking Dead is better on television. Showrunners on cable have more creative freedom than most directors on 'blockbuster' flims. Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg and handful of other filmmakers get creative control from the studios, but the executives interfered in many of the sci-fi and DC comics properties that stank. Same thing happened to Sam Rami on Spider-Man 3 and Marc Webb on TAS2 -- Studio Execs forced too many villains and disparate plot elements into the films. They ended up being cr@p.
Kurne
Kurne - 1/30/2015, 4:49 PM
"Sony"

YeezusWept
YeezusWept - 1/30/2015, 4:52 PM







Just kidding. I know nothing about this comic.
Kurne
Kurne - 1/30/2015, 4:54 PM
I'm not convinced Invincible could be done right atm. But boy would it be awesome.
tokens
tokens - 1/30/2015, 4:54 PM
Rumor is scarlet pimp..


the film will show us the inhumans team, probably at the end or after credits, and black panther himself may be 'enhanced' by them.
ChrisStMartin
ChrisStMartin - 1/30/2015, 4:57 PM
I hope that De Luca brings in the people who worked with him on Blade and Blade II or Dark City or Zathura, then we should get a high quality, well made, entertaining film.
ChrisStMartin
ChrisStMartin - 1/30/2015, 5:02 PM
Sony has made some good films. I just hope that De Luca brings the A game.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 1/30/2015, 5:13 PM
You guys wanna know how bad TASM2 was?

Hellboy is now more profitable in terms of movies than Spider-Man.

Hellboy's last film did better than Spidey's in terms of nearly doubling it's budget.

Hellboy 2's budget was 85 million, got back 165 million.

TASM2 had a budget of 435 million and got back 708 million.

Sure TASM2 made more in the box office but when you look at how much you spent and how much you earned, you nearly doubled your budget with Hellboy 2. Only 10 million short from doubling it's budget.

TASM2 needed 870 million to double it's budget.

Plus in the second weekend, Hellboy 2 had to face Momma Mia and THE DARK KNIGHT while TASM2 faced Neighbors.
ChrisStMartin
ChrisStMartin - 1/30/2015, 5:21 PM
@Levitikuz, where did you get $435 million as the budget figure for ASM2? Are you including marketing and distribution?

As I said above, the studio executives forced Marc Webb to put in elements he didn't want and it showed. The whole was less than the sum of the parts. I'm not defending it at all.
ChrisStMartin
ChrisStMartin - 1/30/2015, 5:22 PM
And ASM2 didn't pay off the promise of ASM1 or live up to Andrew Garfield's and Emma Stone's performances.
KilledHal9000
KilledHal9000 - 1/30/2015, 5:23 PM
Whoa whoa whoa. Whats wrong with The Long Kiss Goodnight?
huckfinnisher
huckfinnisher - 1/30/2015, 6:12 PM
@Omegadagod, all bodily functions? Sounds about as messy as tasm 2!
Braveandthebold
Braveandthebold - 1/30/2015, 7:57 PM
@Ramiel
Am sure they've read at least the first(if not more since am sure Lemire is more then ahead and has gotten a few issues done). It is a very cool looking sci-fi story(look for the preview) with what am sure was a very cool pitch from Lemire/Image/.
DatScarletPimPerNeLL
DatScarletPimPerNeLL - 1/31/2015, 12:37 AM

preshyate dat @cinnamon cat!
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