Deadline reports that Valiant Entertainment and producer Sean Daniel (
The Mummy) have teamed up to bring
Shadowman to the big screen. J. Michael Straczynski, best known for his work on
Babylon 5 and
Amazing Spider-Man, has signed up to write the script. According to the site, the film's logline is as follows: "The forces of darkness are determined to claim New Orleans as their own, and Jack Boniface must accept the legacy he was born to uphold, in order to stop them. As Shadowman, Jack is about to become the only thing that stands between his city and an army of unspeakable monstrosities from beyond the night. He must pay a high price and master his new abilities before Master Darque brings down the wall between reality and the eldritch darkness of the Deadside."
"Shadowman is a character who lives in a unique world that mixes the modern world with that which is most ancient within us," Straczynski said in a statement.
"The New Orleans vibe and history, and the struggle to find a balance with the personality within him, is a perfect dramatic vehicle. We’ve already finished the outline and there’s a lot of action, much of it unique to what Shadowman can do…but at the core of it, there’s a strong character, world and mythology that can be explored across multiple subsequent films. This is gonna be fun." A new
Shadowman series is set to be released this November from the creative team of Patrick Zircher and Justin Jordan. Do you guys think the character will translate well to the big screen? Sound off with your thoughts in the usual place!
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