Longtime geek icon David Hayter has been brought in by Lakeshore Entertainment and Hopscotch Features to write an adaptation of the Luna Brothers’ limited comic book series, The Sword.
Hayter was already geek royalty for supplying the gravelly voice of badassery to Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid games when he started making waves as a screenwriter in Hollywood. With writing credits that include X-Men, X2, The Scorpion King and Wacthmen, Hayter is valued as a scribe with his pulse on the geek community. This is likely why studios tapped him to adapt what Lakeshore and Hopscotch hope is the beginning of a movie franchise.
The Sword, a series of comics/graphic novels published between 2007 and 2010 by Image Comics, chronicles Dara Brighton, a paraplegic college student whose life is uprooted when assassins murder her parents and burn down her home. Yet, in the smoldering ruins she finds a sword with magical properties that promises to unlock her true gifts and offer the opportunity for bloody revenge. And oh yes, her sword can reattach her own severed limbs and offer super-healing strength.
The premise seems a bit out there, but we can all ask Quentin Tarantino if there is a market for young women wielding sharp weapons.
SOURCE: Deadline