The popular comic series
Chew has officially had a TV show adaption picked up by Showtime.
DEADLINE is reporting that show will consist of half hour long episodes.
Terri Hughes Burton and Ron Milbauer of Eureka fame have written the script for the pilot episode. A
Chew TV series has been in a slow development stages for quite some time now. The success of the comic to TV series,
The Walking Dead is believed to be the inspiration.
Here is a brief synopsis of the series from IGN:
Tony Chu is a cop with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he's a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn't mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why. It's a dirty job, and Tony has to eat terrible things in the name of justice. And if that wasn't bad enough, the government has figured out Tony Chu's secret. They have plans for him... whether he likes it or not. Presenting a twisted new series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals and clairvoyants, written by JOHN LAYMAN (Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness, House of M: Fantastic Four and PUFFED) with mind-blowing art by astonishing comics newcomer ROB GUILLORY.
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