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Warren Ellis' 'Black Summer' Optioned By Vigilante 
Cinematical | by Elisabeth Rappe | Mon, Nov 2
This project is in pre-pre production right now, so it's hard to get too excited as to how (or if!) it will end up on the big screen. But it's great to see more and more of Ellis' work being picked up for adaptations. Let's hope it meets better fate than most of Alan Moore's work.
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(in Black Summer Optioned aka Another Warren Ellis Comic Book Heads to the Movies)
I hate to be all pessimistic on ya, but let’s face it, Warren Ellis’ “Black Summer” ain’t ever gonna get made into a live-action big-budget Hollywood movie. And without the big budget, it’s never going to be done right, which probably means it won’t get made. You’d need a “Watchmen”-sized bu...
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