'90s Comic Book BONE Is Being Adapted for Film by KUNG FU PANDA Director Mark Osborne
Kung Fu Panda and The Little Prince director Mark Osborne is set to helm a feature film adaptation of Jeff Smith’s cult comic book series Bone. The film is set up as an animated project at Warner Bros. and he will co-write the script with Adam Kline.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen anything that had to do with Bone. The comics ran from 1991 to 2004, and since then they had a resurgence when Scholastic began releasing them as graphic novels. Here's a brief description of the story:
The comic told of three Bone cousins – Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone, all small, bald and humanlike creatures with big noses– who are separated and lost in a vast uncharted desert after being run of out Boneville. One by one they find their way into a deep forested valley filled with wonderful and terrifying creatures.
Talking to THR about the project, Osborne said:
“Bone is very special and unconventional because it blends elements together that you don’t necessarily expect — soft, little comic characters and epic high stakes fantasy adventure. To carry this into the cinematic realm presents both an opportunity to represent what readers of all ages have loved about the series, while pushing animated storytelling into exciting and different areas."
Osborne has proven he’s got the talent to direct a solid animated film. It’ll be interesting to see what he plans on doing with Bone. If this first film is successful, it could be a solid animated franchise for the studio because there are so many stories to tell. If you are a fan of the Bone comic, do you think that it will make for a good film franchise?