Showtime Developing TV Series based on the Comic Book CHEW

TV ComedyShowtime by Joey Paur

Hey gang! Showtime is going to be developing a new twisted cop comedy TV series based on the Eisner Award-winning John Layman and Rob Guillory bestselling comic book Chew. The comic was published by Image Comics, and tells the story about an FDA Agent who solves crimes by getting psychic impressions by eating things, including people. This concept is hilarious!

Stephen Hopkins (The Ghost in the Darkness) will direct and be an executive producer on the the half hour show. The script Showtime acquired was written by Terri Hughes Burton and Ron Milbaur (Eureka).

Here's a more detailed rundown of the story:

Tony Chu is a cop with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he's a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn't mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why. It's a dirty job, and Tony has to eat terrible things in the name of justice. And if that wasn't bad enough, the government has figured out Tony Chu's secret. They have plans for him... whether he likes it or not. Presenting a twisted new series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals and clairvoyants.

I have not read the comic, but this sounds like an incredibly awesome and demented story that will make for a great TV series. What do you all think?

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