Empire has reported this interesting news about a NEW kind of comic book movie...
According to Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster by Craig Yoe, the artist behind the creation of Superman also penned a series of mob-financed underground fetish-comics that sparked an anti-comic crusade among politicians but have been largely forgotten - until now. Yoe's book has been optioned for the screen, making for a sort of Hollywoodland meets The Notorious Bettie Page prospect.
The books, called The Nights of Horror, were sold under the counters of Times Square bookshops, until a series of copycat crimes by a group called the Brooklyn Thrill Killers led to a Supreme Court censorship case, several sensational trials and a crackdown on comics.
The film adaptation that's now being planned is to use the crime spree and the apparent double-life that Shuster led to create a period drama.
I would think that WB would love to get a hold of this especialy with the recent court case
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