WWII Horror Comic NIGHT AND FOG Gets Optioned for Film
The sci-fi horror comic book Night and Fog has been optioned for a film adaptation. The comic was picked up by producers Gil Adler and Shane McCarthy who have produced a couple other comic book films that you are all familiar with: Constantine, Superman Returns, and most recently Dead of Night. With the track record that these guys have I’m sure this will eventually make it to the big screen.
Here is a description of the comic book’s story:
Tied to an unsolved mystery from World War 2, Night and Fog, tells the story of a “Frankenstein” like infectious mist unleashed on a military base that transforms its victims into preternatural creatures of the night. But when the survivors try to kill them, they adapt and change into something even more horrific and unstoppable. Caught in between is a security officer on the base who must escape this gauntlet of horror to save his children before the creatures kill them or the fog infects them.
I liked how the description totally steers clear from the term "zombie," when that is exactly what it sounds like they are talking about. They described it as a Frankenstein infectious mist, and Preternatural creatures? Sounds like zombies to me, which is fine! Because I love zombies! And a zombie film that takes place during World War 2? Sign me up!
Adler shares his thoughts on the project saying:
This material is definitely in my strike zone in more ways than one. And having produced the “Tales from the Crypt” series and some Dark Castle horror films, I can say horror’s a genre I know intrinsically. But what really appealed to me wasn’t so much the genre trappings, but rather the characters that really drive this story. When I read this I knew I had to take it off the market. It’s a great high-concept that blends the gothic horror of the Hammer films with the sci-fi horror of “Aliens” and “The Thing.
Sounds like this could be a really cool horror flick.
Here are a few pages from the first issue. Night and Fog is currently available in comic shops in the single issue format and digitally on I-Phone through Comixology. It will be hitting stores in a trade format April/May 2010.
What do you think of this comic book concept being adapted into a film?
