Script Sales: New Line has a WOODCOCK; And there's a BROTHERMAN Coming to the Bi
April 28th, 2003
New Line Cinema has picked up the comedy spec "Mr. Woodcock" from the writing team of Michael Carnes and Josh Gilbert.
The script revolves around a young man who returns to his hometown to stop his mother from marrying his old high school gym teacher -- the man who made his life a living hell when he was a student.
This marks the first feature spec sale for Carnes and Gilbert, who previously wrote for the ABC improv series "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
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Indie producer Distant Horizon has inked a pact with Atlanta-based Flipbook Communications to bring the urban-underground comic book "Brotherman" to the big screen.
Based on the comic series by Jason and Guy Sims and Dawud Anyabwile, "Brotherman" follows Antonio Valor, a public defender by day and costumed avenger by night, as he goes up against the dark forces lurking in Big City, U.S.A.
The indie comic book "Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline" has independently sold more than 750,000 issues. Earlier this month, Distant signed "XXX" helmer Rob Cohen to direct and produce a live-action version of the Japanese anime cult classic "Kite."
(Source: Reuters/Hollywood Reporter)
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