Phil Claydon to direct MISERABLE EXCUSE FOR A HERO for Mandate

Mandate Pictures has hired Phil Claydon to direct an adaptation of Miserable Excuse For A Hero, Deadline reports. The script was written by D.V. De Vincentis and based on Bob Powers' comic novel You Are A Miserable Excuse For A Hero. The project is being produced by Mark Gordon and Jennifer Todd.

The book follows "a 30-year-old part-time actor/full-time waiter goes on a date with a girl he kind of likes. The next day, he's awakened by a phone call from kidnappers who tell him they have his girlfriend, and will kill her if he doesn't come up with $50,000 in ransom. Considering he barely knows the girl, he's conflicted."

Here is a description of the book from Amazon:

Why Do All the Nice Girls End Up Getting Kidnapped and Held for Ransom?

In this book, YOU, the reader, are a thirtysomething part-time actor/full-time waiter suddenly caught up in a kidnapping. Julia, the girl you went out with last night, has been TAKEN HOSTAGE. What will you do? Will you go to the police and ask for help? Will you burst into the hideout, killing everyone in sight, then tell Julia that she shouldn’t misinterpret this as some sort of big commitment? Or will you unplug your phone and just get really, really drunk?The choice is yours!

Claydon recently directed Lesbian Vampire Killers and is working on Dan Mintner: Badass For Hire. This sounds like an interesting project, that is a good fit for Claydon. What are your thoughts?