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Criminal Macabre
Release Date: TBA
Genres: Comic Book, Horror
Production Phase: Script Stage
Studio: Universal Pictures Production Company: Dark Horse Entertainment
Who's Making It: Kyle Ward (Screenwriter), Neal Moritz (Producer), Mike Richardson (Producer), Steve Niles (Creator - Writer),
Premise: Private investigator Cal McDonald specializes in taking out supernatural creatures such as vampires, werewolves, zombies and ghosts.... More »
Friday, August 14, 2009
Screen rights for the horror-action Criminal Macabre comic book have gone to Universal Pictures. Dark Horse Entertainment, the film arm of Dark Horse Publishing (the comic's publisher), will develop the project along with Neal Moritz's Original Film. Kyle Ward (Hitman 2) is writing the screenplay.
Created by writer Steve Niles (30 Days of Night), the Criminal Macabre series follows the exploits of Cal McDonald, a private investigator of the supernatural who likes to play it fast and loose. While Cal's hard lifestyle doesn't allow him to share in the company of many friends he's been able to survive deadly encounters with creatures that go bump in the night precisely because of his anti-hero ways. [Full story]
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