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'Irredeemable' to get big screen adaptation

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
Last Updated : May 07 2016 | 8:22 AM IST
The 20th Century Fox has acquired the film rights to the BOOM! comic book's offering "Irredeemable" for an entirely new superhero universe.
"Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" writer-director Tommy Wirkola is writing the script, reported Ace Showbiz.
"Irredeemable", which was illustrated by Peter Krause, has sold more than a million copies and even won Waid the Eisner Award for Best Writer.
The comic tells the story of Plutonian, the world's greatest superhero who becomes evil and kills people who defy him. A superhero group known as the Paradigm later join forces with an old supervillain to try and figure out how to stop him.
The film rights acquisition to "Irredeemable" comes amid a sort of comic book arms race with rival studios Disney and Warner Bros betting big on their respective Marvel and DC franchises.

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First Published: May 07 2016 | 8:22 AM IST

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