Kevin Munroe gives update on EL ZOMBO comic book film

Kevin Munroe was at WonderCon doing promotion for his upcoming film, Dylan Dog: Dead of Night. Our frieands at LatinoReview were able to speak with him about his next film, a CG-animated project from LucasFilm called El Zombo. The film is based on the Dark Horse comic book series "El Zombo Fantasma" that Munroe co-created with Dave Wilkins. The story revolves around "a luchador who throws a match and then mysteriously is murdered. He ends up trapped in purgatory, trying his best to avoid landing in hell by becoming a guardian angel to a fiery ten-year-old girl. While he protects the young girl he acts out ulterior motives, hunting down his killer and figuring out why this crime was acted out."

Here is what Munroe had to say:

"So we're trying to get that made right now. We've got a script and we've partnered up with Radar Pictures and Ted Field over there. So we're trying to figure out how to get it done. It's one of sixty steps so yeah.

"The script is done so we're shopping the script. We're seeing who's interested and seeing maybe about getting another director on it and I'll produce it. But if it works out I can direct it but we'll see."

It has always been assumed that Munroe would be directing El Zombo. He does state that it's very likely, because he can't think of another director that would be a good fit. He did mentiont that there was one director he could see doing a good job of directing, he said:

"I think it would be perfect as a Guillermo (del Toro) movie. He would understand it since there's a humanity to this monster and that's everything that this whole comic is about."

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night arrives in theaters on April 29th. Purchase the comics on Amazon.com or Dark Horse Comics' official website. What are your thoughts on this news?