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Warren Ellis' Gravel optioned
Total Film News —
Legendary Pictures has nabbed the rights to the Warren Ellis series about William Gravel. Introduced in 1999 as part of Ellis' graphic novel series Strange Kiss, Gravel is an SAS trooper with a nifty sideline skill in dark magic. To help supplement his income, he moonlights as a gun - or should that be spell - for hire, vanquishing supernatural creatures for paying clients. Ellis will stay on top of the project, taking an executive producer title and writing the first draft of the script, which hopefully means it'll turn out better than many other adaptations… [Source: Variety] ...
Friday Link-A-Mania
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... see why they would need me in this next film. But if they called me, I would be happy to have a conversation about it.” Gravel Broadens The Mind Warren Ellis’s supernatural comic Gravel is heading to the big screen, courtesy of Legendary Pictures, the company behind the upcoming Where The Wild Things Are and Clash Of The Titans. The comic stars William Gravel, an SAS soldier who uses his skills in dark magic to moonlight and battle supernatural beings for clients. According to Variety Rick Alexander will produce, but there's no news yet on writer or director. Meanwhile, ...
Warren Ellis Digs His Own 'Gravel'
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I like the cut of Legendary Pictures' jib. A company that produces Batman Begins, 300, The Dark Knight and Watchmen is one to salute, and their upcoming slate is nothing less than exciting. (Inception, Sucker Punch, Jonah Hex, Clash of the Titans, and Sam Raimi's Warcraft are just a few films they've got cooking for 2010 and beyond.) So when they option a title, I feel like you have to sit up and take notice because it's landed in pretty good hands. Throw in a Warren Ellis title and you might just have The Next Big Thing. Variety ...
Legendary To Hit the Streets With Gravel
Latino Review —
... S.A.S. soldier named William Gravel, who uses his dark magic skills to fight the supernatural for some extra spending cash. The character was first introduced in the limited series Strange Kiss in 1999.
According to Variety, Ellis will write the first draft of the Gravel screenplay, and will also serve as executive producer. Ellis already has two other comics, Red and Ocean, in various stages of development at other studios.
Source: Variety
Legendary Pictures Brings the Warren Ellis Comic Series Gravel to the Screen
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Constantine didn’t entirely work out as a franchise starter or as an adaptation of its source material, the comic Hellblazer. But there’s room for more than one supernatural solider or detective on screens. So Legendary Pictures, which loves to develop comic book movies (recent Batman and Superman films, 300, Watchmen, Jonah Hex) has picked up the rights to Gravel, the series by Warren Ellis and Mike Wolfer that centers on British ‘combat magician’ William Gravel.
Ellis will write ...
