"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.