Universal Pictures is putting a film adaptation of the awesome Dark Horse comic book The Umbrella Academy on the fast-track. The comic book was created and written by Gerard Way with art by Eisner winner Gabriel Ba.
According to Deadline Hollywood Daily, ‘The studio is fast-tracking The Umbrella Academy (about a group of 7 children born with mutant superpowers) after just pinning down its deal with Gerard Way and Dark Horse owner Mike Richardson, the comic book store owner who started the comics company in 1986. Scott Stuber will be producing what Universal insiders praise as a ‘cool and sexy’ project.’
Way, the lead singer for My Chemical Romance, received critical and popular acclaim for 2006′s The Black Parade and is currently prepping the end credits track of Zack Snyder’s Watchmen. The Umbrella Academy won an Eisner Award for a best limited series this past summer at Comic-Con.
According to Nikki FInke’s site, there will be a continuing ‘Umbrella’mini-series and Way has said he ‘definitely wants to have storylines that evolve and even conclude, rather than remain ongoing like most superhero titles.’
Under the tutelage of their guardian and mentor, Dr. Reginald Hargreeves, its members spent their childhoods fighting evil and honing their extraordinary gifts. Until something went terribly wrong. Now, nine years later, the estranged members of the Umbrella Academy are reunited by the death of the only parent they’ve ever known and the rise of a new and terrible threat. Will they be able to overcome their history for long enough to save the world-one more time?’
For those who are curious, issue #1 of the second series just hit the shelves this week. And check out My Chemical Romance HERE. For more Umbrella Academy coolness, head HERE.
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