Together with his solo debut Barbarian, Zach Cregger revealed the secrets and techniques lurking beneath Michigan houses. For his subsequent movie, Cregger will likely be exploring the darkish aspect of the mitten state’s rival Ohio. Cregger is ready to provide Torso, an adaptation of the 1998 indie comedian by Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko.
In accordance with The Hollywood Reporter, Cregger will co-produce with Roy Lee from Vertigo Leisure, together with Alex Hedlund and Nick Antosca. The latter two might give us an thought of what the completed product will likely be, because the duo’s manufacturing firm Eat the Cat additionally made true crime collection Sweet and A Buddy of the Household. On condition that Cregger and co. will likely be making Torso for Netflix, it feels like the adaptation will go for extra of a lurid thriller tone, quite than match the grounded horror of the comedian.
Which could not be a foul factor in any respect. As Bendis famously recounted in his 2000 miniseries Fortune and Glory, Hollywood has lengthy had its eyes on Torso, in addition to his earlier hardboiled thriller comics Jinx and A.Okay.A. Goldfish. Regardless of getting consideration from David Fincher and Paramount Footage, the movie by no means left Growth Hell, leaving Bendis greater than a bit disillusioned. Bendis’ work did see live-action adaptation, each within the type of the various Marvel tales which have been reimagined for the display screen (particularly on Netflix’s Daredevil and Jessica Jones collection) and his indie collection Powers, which was changed into a collection for the short-lived PlayStation Community in 2015. And but, Torso has heretofore been unadapted.
It’s simple to see why the collection would acquire a lot consideration from Hollywood. Revealed by Picture Comics between 1998 and 1999, Torso has an irresistible hook: the true story of Eliot Ness, after his showdown with Al Capone in Hollywood, investigating a collection of grisly murders in Nineteen Thirties Cleveland, Ohio. In every case, all that investigators discover is a torso, freed from limbs or head, making it tough to even determine the physique, a lot much less discover the killer, within the days earlier than high-tech forensic science.
