LADY KILLER Netflix Adaptation Casts THE SHALLOWS Star Blake Lively In The Lead; Diablo Cody Set To Write

LADY KILLER Netflix Adaptation Casts THE SHALLOWS Star Blake Lively In The Lead; Diablo Cody Set To Write

Netflix's Lady Killer, an adaptation of the Dark Horse Comic of the same name, has cast Blake Lively (The Shallows) in the lead role with Academy Award-winner Diablo Cody (Juno) set to pen the script.

By RohanPatel - May 05, 2021 02:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Netflix
Source: Deadline

Deadline is reporting that Blake Lively (A Simple Favor; The Shallows) has signed on to star and produce Lady Killer, an upcoming film adaptation of the Dark Horse Comic series of the same name, for Netflix. 

Academy Award-winner Diablo Cody (JunoYoung Adult) will write the script, which follows a seemingly ordinary woman named Josie Schuller, who by all appearances, is the perfect 1950’s housewife. But when she’s not catering to the needs of her family, she leads a secret life as a highly-trained killer for hire. She really likes the second job, and her husband has no idea.

Kate Vorhoff will also produce along with Lively, under their B for Effort banner, as will Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg for Dark Horse Entertainment 

The Eisner Award-nominated comic book series is written by Joëlle Jones and Jamie S. Rich, featuring illustrations from Jones, and coloring from Laura Allred. 

This is the third major Dark Horse project Netflix has developed, following the acclaimed superhero drama The Umbrella Academy and Mads Mikkelsen-starrer Polar. They also recently announced an adaptation of the psychic comic Mystery Girl, which has McG set to direct and will star Tiffany Haddish in the title role. 

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Menks123
Menks123 - 5/5/2021, 2:43 PM
Patiently waiting for Blake Lively to get some redemption in a CBM and get cast in a major role.

Menks123
Menks123 - 5/5/2021, 2:43 PM
DC or MCU role. I should be more specific.
DTor91
DTor91 - 5/5/2021, 2:47 PM
Lady Killer is such a good comic and Joelle Jones is one of the best creators working today. Hope this works out well.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/5/2021, 3:03 PM
@DTor91 - she’s so nice!!! I met her at a con a few years back and she signed a copy for me.

Class act Jones is.
DTor91
DTor91 - 5/5/2021, 7:54 PM
@BlackBeltJones - For sure! Would love to get some art from her some day. I discovered her work through this series and just knew she was going to blow up big time.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 5/5/2021, 2:52 PM
Not familiar with it, but the premise sounds fun. I'll probably give it a try, especially with a writer who's name is Diablo (which I'm assuming us not a gang name here)
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/5/2021, 3:02 PM
The comic is really good. Can’t say I find her to be a good fit.

I always envisioned
bcom
bcom - 5/5/2021, 10:16 PM
@BlackBeltJones - Tatiana is such a talented and versatile actress she could literally play any role.
99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 5/5/2021, 3:12 PM
What took so long! The premise is both simplistic & genius. Congrats to Joëlle Jones.

bl0odwerk
bl0odwerk - 5/5/2021, 4:12 PM
@99OPTIMISTPRIME - I think her Catwoman is in a class by itself.
4thMaster
4thMaster - 5/5/2021, 4:32 PM
Seems great!! I haveńt read this book, but I love her Helheim and the small Catwoman stuff I’ve read. I’m always happy to see non-superhero stuff get adapted.
Stinkor1
Stinkor1 - 5/5/2021, 4:47 PM
Grogu
Grogu - 5/5/2021, 5:09 PM
@Stinkor1 - Ah, yes. Love this film. 😂




theFUZZ008
theFUZZ008 - 5/6/2021, 6:56 AM
Only here for pics and gifs.
Bryanferryfan
Bryanferryfan - 5/6/2021, 8:04 AM
Yeah, that LadyKillers was hilarious....but I guess Deadpool is glad to get his woman out of the house.
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