Blumhouse Productions has teamed up with writer and producer John Ridley to develop a feature film adaptation of his comic book series The American Way: Those Above and Those Below. Ridley is also the writer of the Oscar-winning film 12 Years A Slave and the creator of the ABC series American Crime. He will write and direct the film with Jason Blum producing.
The story is said to use superheroes "to explore timely social issues including race and integration." The comic was published as a six-issue monthly miniseries last year by DC Entertainment’s Vertigo label. Ridley wrote the story which was illustrated by George Jeanty and it was a follow-up to their 2007 graphic novel The American Way.
The original story "dealt with the creation of a team of ’60s superheroes called The Civil Defense Corps, each with special powers but also a specific ethnic makeup designed to make segments...
The story is said to use superheroes "to explore timely social issues including race and integration." The comic was published as a six-issue monthly miniseries last year by DC Entertainment’s Vertigo label. Ridley wrote the story which was illustrated by George Jeanty and it was a follow-up to their 2007 graphic novel The American Way.
The original story "dealt with the creation of a team of ’60s superheroes called The Civil Defense Corps, each with special powers but also a specific ethnic makeup designed to make segments...
- 4/17/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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