With the 2006 Comic-Con upon us, new announcements of comics-to-film adaptations are flooding out. VARIETY reports that Warner Bros. Pictures is set to bring DC Comics cult favorite DOOM PATROL to the big screen. Akiva Goldsman will produce through his Warners-based Weed Road Pictures. Adam Turner will pen the screenplay.
Debuting in 1963, DOOM PATROL, often compared to Marvel's X-MEN, follows the adventures of a band of social misfits powered with super abilities. Similarities dont stop there, the Doom Patrol is guided by a wheelchair-bound mentor. Characters include Elasti-Girl, Negative Man and Robotman.
Created by Bob Haney, Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani, the series lasted till 1968. DC revived the title several times over the years, with more recent incarnations much darker and edgier than X-MEN.
Goldsman will produce along with Weed Road's Kerry Foster. Weed Road's Matt Smith brought in the project.
"These are some of the most original, offbeat comicbook characters we have ever come across, and Adam Turner's unique sensibility makes him a perfect fit for the material," Goldsman told DAILY VARIETY.
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