Get ready for some extremely twisted stuff.
Comic creator Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher) has penned a script for a movie adaptation of his comic Crossed. And now Six Studios has acquired the screenplay, with an intention to finance and back the movie, according to a report on THR.
The comic series takes place in a pandemic-stricken world, in which those who catch a disease are marked with a cross-like rash on their faces. Those afflicted follow their worst impulses — think a zombie apocalypse, but instead of zombies, these are humans who retain their intellect, but are homicidal maniacs.
The official synopsis of the first Crossed trade paperback read “Imagine, for a moment, the worst crimes against humanity. Picture the cruelest affronts to decency. Conjure your darkest nightmares… and then realize it could all be so much worse. When civilization crumbles in one terrifying moment; when people are gleefully breaking into unthinkable acts of violence all around you; when everyone you love has died screaming in agony: What do you do? There is no help. There is no hope. There is no escape. There are only the Crossed.“
Six Studios is currently looking for someone to direct the project with hopes for it to start shooting in the fall.
Keep it locked to Horror News Network for more on Crossed.
