Thursday, March 27, 2008

Afterburn


Tobey Maguire of Spider-man fame will have a shot at producing (through Maguire Entertainment) the movie adaptation of Red 5 Comics' 'Afterburn' title. Niel Moritz from Original Films will also be teaming up with Tobey for this one.

Here's the kicker:

This title's first book hit the shops in January this year! But if any comic book were to sound like a wicked movie, this would be it! Treasure Hunters in a post-apocalyptic earth setting, scouring the eastern hemisphere (which is nice and crispy because of a massive solar flare) for relics like the crown jewels, etc., all the while competing against rival treasure hunters, pirates, radiated mutants, and other obstacles.


Honestly, how cool is that? The answer, by the way, is pretty-freakin'-cool.

Red 5 Comics is actually brought to us by ComingSoon.net, and SuperheroHype.com, both of which I frequent. The company was created by Paul Ens (former director of Lucasfilm's StarWars.com, and of Lucas Online) and Scott Chitwood (co-founder of TheForce.net and contributor to ComingSoon.net and SuperheroHype.com.)

The company itself is based in good old Alberta, Canada, in the fine city of Calgary.

You also might recognize the label for another little comic called Atomic Robo - also very popular!

This book is officially on my to-read list!

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