, acclaimed director of among other films, Fight Club and Zodiac has been attached to direct the live action movie based on Harvey Award winning graphic novel Black Hole.
Originally serialized over ten years by Kitchen Sink Press and then Fantagraphics Books, Black Hole was finally collected in hardcover and now trade paperback by Pantheon Books.
Black Hole features a group of suburban Seattle teens in the 1970's who catch The Bug, an STD that causes physical mutations, some subtle, some grotesque. The alienated teens face prejudice and exile.
Sometime ago, and , the screenwriting team from Beowulf, were announced to be writing the adaptation.
Black Hole is a powerful and quirky read, a treat for both graphic novel afficianados and those who have never picked up a comic in their lives. Reading this book felt like I was trapped in a classic song. I hope they do it justice, I can almost hear the soundtrack now...
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