The comic book version of the series, which was published by dcs imprint vertigo in 2003, is a whole lot like the movie, except it ran for 32 issues, so that story is a bit hard to pack into a. The movie will be produced by skybound entertainment and universal pictures and theyve hired sean okeefe, who recently wrote the upcoming peter berg and mark wahlberg movie wonderland oblivion song was premiered in 2008 and the story takes place one decade after. Gold keys adaptation of the beatles yellow submarine follows the basic premise of the filmthe blue meanies attacking pepperlandbut it changes the entire. Walking dead creator is turning his oblivion song comic. Robert kirkmans tv success shaped his new comic, oblivion song. While the flaming carrot wasnt in the film version, characters like the shoveler, mr. Why oblivion is the most miraculous comic book movie of all time. The first sixissue limited series, the umbrella academy. Shadow of oblivion is a comic book adaptation of acclaim studios austins turok 3. Oblivion song movie will adapt robert kirkmans scifi comic. Oblivion by joseph kosinski meet your next favorite book. Oblivion will be distributed worldwide through random house. The development history of joseph kosinskis oblivion is indicative of how closely aligned the film and comic book industries have become in recent years. The long night continues to be an engrossing bit of rural noir as the federal agents continue to dig up.
The property has also been extended into a blockbuster game franchise, licensing business and ongoing publishing success. Robert kirkmans oblivion song set for movie adaptation at universal news oblivion song, a nonzombie apocalypse comic from robert kirkman, is getting a. A film adaptation of oblivion song is in the early stages of development at universal. The official site of the oblivion song comic, from the creator of the walking dead twd, invincible, outcast, and more. The longstalled animated adaptation of eric powells dark horse comic book series the goon is entering a new round of development, says an official kickstarter backing the project. Why oblivion is the most miraculous comic book movie of all.
The movie will be produced by skybound entertainment and universal pictures and theyve hired sean okeefe, who recently wrote the upcoming peter berg and mark wahlberg movie wonderland. Oblivion song takes place a decade after 300,000 citizens of. Back to the future, which was an interquel series based on the movie trilogy. Robert kirkmans scifi comic oblivion song is being adapted. Skybound entertainment and universal pictures announced this morning that they are developing a film adaptation of the scifi drama oblivion song. The last time the esteemed morgan freeman was linked to an expensive adaptation of a postapocalyptic scifi comic book, the film in question was warner bros. Skybound entertainment and universal pictures developing.
Space goat publishing has published a number of comic continuations of horror films including evil dead 2. Oblivion will be directed by joseph kosinki and will. Media release radical publishing is proud to announce that disney has acquired the film adaptation of oblivion, based on radical publishings illustrated novel created by tron. Universal pictures and skybound entertainment have partnered to turn the scifi book into a movie.
Freeman will appear in oblivion or whatever it ends up being officially titled alongside the stillpopular alister, as well as two upandcoming starlets in the forms of olga kurylenko and andrea riseborough. The oscarwinning actress has been cast in joseph kosinskis upcoming science fiction graphic novel adaptation oblivion, which stars tom cruise and. Skybound and universal joining forces on film adaptation. Skybound teams with universal on adaptation of oblivion song. Why oblivion is the most miraculous comic book movie of. Robert kirkmans oblivion song set for movie adaptation at universal. Oblivion song being developed for the big screen comics. Published by image comics under kirkmans skybound entertainment imprint, oblivion song will be adapted by sean okeefe, who wrote the. Dogsofwar this is the latest in the growing trend for a comic bookgraphic novel to be made and film rights locked up before it.
Development continues on the universal pictures, skybound feature adaptation of image comics ongoing supernatural, science fiction comic book series oblivion song 2018, created by robert kirkman the walking dead. Robert kirkmans tv success shaped his new comic, oblivion. Apr 20, 2017 comic book creator bob burden later helped write the adaptation. Full pr about the oblivion song adaptation can be found below. While the film adaptation is perhaps best known for angelina jolies arse, the comic book proved to be mark millars. The adaptation from comic book or graphic novel to liveaction film isnt always a predictable one a fact proven by joseph kosinski tron legacy as he worked to build his original story oblivion into a feature film. The comic book series is published by skybound entertainment and image. Unfortunately reminiscent of many other, better movies, oblivion is a comicbook excuse me, graphic novel adaptation that has one thing in its favor. Morgan freeman joins tom cruise on trip to oblivion.
First and foremost a comic creator, kirkman has seen groundbreaking success in the adaptation of his comic book titles into major franchises in all forms of content. Painfully derivative, oblivion is strike two against director joseph kosinski, who made the vacantly gorgeous tron. A film adaptation of oblivion song will be developed horror. Comic book creator bob burden later helped write the adaptation. Robert kirkmans oblivion song comic in works as movie at. Apocalypse suite, was released by dark ho rse com ics between september 14, 2007 and february 20, 2008. Robert kirkmans oblivion song to get a movie adaptation critical hit. Robert kirkman, the creative mastermind behind the walking dead comic book series that spawned the popular amc tv show, has a new series coming out in march. Walking dead creator robert kirkman launches oblivion. In a future where the earths surface has been irradiated beyond recognitio. But oblivions path to the screen is not the typical movie comic story. This special follows new turoks danielle and joseph fireseed as they endeavor to stop oblivion from wiping out the turok lineage.
Skybound entertainment and universal pictures are developing oblivion song, a movie based on the scifi comic book series. Doorman, a member of the great lakes avengers who died in battle, replaced deathurge as an agent for oblivion. Apparently, it was to become a graphic novel and a chapter was given out in comiccon 2010, with. We have another comic book adaptation on its way, this time from the walking deads robert kirkman who will see his interdimensional. Disney aquires film adaptation of radicals oblivion. During a recent press conference call for oblivion song, kirkman told cbr how his success in hollywood including eight years and counting of the walking dead on amc, outcast on cinemax and the indevelopment invincible film affects his new comic book series. Disney acquires rights to film oblivion comic book movie. New superheroes were developed to create a starstudded cast that included hank azaria, janeane garofalo, eddie izzard, greg kinnear, william h. Jump to the present, and the oscarwinner has instead signed on for a flick thats far less controversial and also sounds more promising namely, director joseph kosinskis oblivion. Comic book adaptation last edited by milwaukeesean on 040819 07.
Oblivion song optioned for movie from universal newsarama. My band m83 worked on the soundtrack to the movie adaptation. Robert kirkmans oblivion song in development as feature film. Robert kirkmans oblivion song to get a movie adaptation. The liveaction adaptation of justice league dark has gone through plenty of evolutions over the years, but its current script could lead to a pretty interesting appearance. Oct 05, 2018 comic book adaptation sweet tooth gets a series order from netflix with jim mickle directing hbos room 104 will return for its fourth and final season in july. Oblivion, infinity, eternity, and death are the cornerstones of their universe, abstract embodiments of the extremes of time and space. Kirkman has seen groundbreaking success in the adaptation of his comic book titles into major franchises in all forms of content. Justice league dark reportedly includes a shadowpact cameo. Mar 24, 2012 the oscarwinning actress has been cast in joseph kosinskis upcoming science fiction graphic novel adaptation oblivion, which stars tom cruise and morgan freeman and recently began production. Apparently, it was to become a graphic novel and a chapter was given out in comiccon. Diabolik is a stylish adaptation of angela and luciana giussanis italian comic. But, as is the case with streamlining a character with a long comics history, a few things changed along the way, some for the better. Adaptation adventure imax comic book adaptation future.
The umbrella academy is an american comic bo ok series created and written by gerard way and illustrated by gabriel ba. With the first issue published by image comics in 2018, skybound entertainment and universal pictures. Robert kirkmans oblivion song set for movie adaptation at. Rather than changing the way the creative team tells the story itself, kirkman. Feb 06, 2019 the comic book adaptation of wolverine. The condition or quality of being completely forgotten 2. While the film adaptation is perhaps best known for angelina jolies arse, the comic book proved to.
As far as liveaction kirkman comic book projects go, oblivion song was rather inevitable, given the plethora of projects the creator is already. Robert kirkmans comic book series oblivion song is getting the big screen treatment. The long night continues to be an engrossing bit of rural noir as the federal agents continue to dig up the mystery at the heart of this small, alaskan town. Apocalypse suite, was released by dark horse comics between september 14, 2007 and february 20, 2008. Skybound entertainment and universal pictures are teaming up for an adaptation of the scifi drama comic book series oblivion song from the. Jun 11, 2019 robert kirkmans oblivion song set for movie adaptation at universal news oblivion song, a nonzombie apocalypse comic from robert kirkman, is getting a movie treatment from studio universal. It has become a worldwide phenomenon as the highest. Though this time its not another marvel or dc adaptation, but rather the lesser known, but still popular, oblivion song based on the comic book series by robert kirkman that is getting the movie treatment from universal. Adaptation adventure imax comic book adaptation future post. Walking dead creator robert kirkman launches oblivion song. The film will be based upon the new york times bestselling bestselling comic book series of the same name. The storya drone repairman on an earth decimated by an alien invasion finds a downed spaceship and adventure ensuesis one kosinski developed before being tapped to direct the tron reboot, he told mtv. The first tron film had a comic book adaptation by marvel comics released around the time of tron.
Oblivion, infinity, death and eternity were formed after the creation of this universe. To refresh you memory, here is an official description of the oblivion comic book. Comic book movies are all the rage these days, and it looks like another adaptation is on the horizon. Several disney animated canon movies have some sort of comic book adaptation, which either end up in their own special promotional comic bookminiseries, or simply in the pages of walt disneys comics and stories. It follows the exploits of the eponymous hero john phillip law and his girlfriend eva. Oblivion embodies the absences of space, and is considered to stand opposite infinity on the spatial axis. Oblivion is a cosmic abstract entity that represents the void and entropy of the universe. Robert kirkmans scifi comic oblivion song is being. When the walking dead launched back in 2003, no one could have predicted the massive multimedia success the series would have. When the writers guild of america went on strike in 2007, kosinski took his film treatment to radical comics, who embarked on producing a graphic novel based on the material. The comic oblivion song is one of kirkmans more recent projects, a skybound series about a man who makes frequent visits to oblivion to try and rescue inhabitants trapped in the apocalyptic setting. Oblivion 20 a veteran assigned to extract earths remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself. Oblivion song movie will adapt robert kirkmans scifi comic posted on tuesday, june 11th, 2019 by chris evangelista universal wants to sing you a little oblivion song. In 2010, his eisner award winning series, the walking dead, was developed into an amc television series.
Sep 18, 2017 the comic book version of the series, which was published by dcs imprint vertigo in 2003, is a whole lot like the movie, except it ran for 32 issues, so that story is a bit hard to pack into a. It won the 2008 eisner award for best finite serieslimited series. The umbrella academy is an american comic book series created and written by gerard way and illustrated by gabriel ba. A veteran assigned to extract earths remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself. As a cosmic abstract, oblivion is one of the most powerful beings. Oblivion lacks physical form, shape or substance, though he does possess chronal dimension. Deadpool and deadpool 2 are easily two of the best comic book movies in recent time, and like most great adaptations, it took the best elements and story beats of the character and his origins to make a streamlined, digestible film. Robert kirkman opens up on the walking dead ending, whats. Space goat publishing has published a number of comic continuations of horror films including evil dead 2 and the howling.