Kyle Higgins, the award winning creator of the comic Hadrian's Wall has been signed on to write and direct the newly announced feature film adaptation from sci-fi label DUST, a subsidiary of Gunpowder & Sky.
Hadrian's Wall was created by Higgins and Alec Siegel, with art by Rod Reis, for Image Comics, a sci-fi murder mystery set in space. The series quickly earned critical acclaim.
'Although Hadrian's Wall takes place a century into the future, the crew of the space vessel navigates both a murder mystery and a civil war in a world smartly mirroring our present day.' Reported Gunpowder & Sky Senior VP of Development and Production, Cody Zwieg. 'Higgins turned the classic whodunit tale on its head and shot it into space. This is exactly the kind of film we like to put out at DUST and Gunpowder & Sky.'
Higgins has worked on a number of popular comic titles in the past, including Captain America, Detective Comics, Batman: Gates of Gotham, Nightwing, Deathstroke, C.O.W.L., and BOOM!'s Mighty Mophin Power Rangers.
He has also worked in film in the past, having written and directed his own short film The Shadow Hours, as well as having produced the live action trailer for the Power Rangers comic event Shattered Grid.
'I was blown away by the filmmaker-friendly team at Gunpowder & Sky and I'm grateful to be making my first feature film with them.' Higgins told Deadline Hollywood. 'It was immediately clear how passionate they are and we share the same vision for how to bring Hadrian's Wall to the big screen. The best murder mysteries are vehicles for character study, and at its core, this is a story about relationships, set in one of the most isolated places in the universe. I think fans of the book will be as thrilled as I am.'
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