July 27, 2007 - Paramount Pictures and BOOM! Studios have announced that they are teaming to create a Godfather comic book, based of course on the classic film series of the same name. A graphic novel and a series of mini-series based on the iconic Mario Puzo novel and films will begin to rollout in the winter of 2007. The writer on the comics has yet to be announced, but the art on the first arc will be by Greg Scott (X Isle, Enigma Cipher). "Marvel Comics has recently set the bar really high with their Stephen King Dark Tower comics series," says BOOM! co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Ross Richie. "Which brings a lot of new readers into the medium -- a sort of 'gateway comic book.' But I think there's terrific potential with The Godfather to reach a mass audience that's never read comics." The late Marlon Brando, who starred in the first film, will be resurrected via the comic book. "We're able to use Brando's likeness," says Richie, "which means we can tell Young Vito stories, Old Vito stories. We're really going to flesh out and expand on the world of The Godfather in a new and dynamic way that really hasn't been done before, exploiting the visual storytelling that comics can do in ways that TV, film, and novels can't." Source: IGN movies Also DC is planning to do a Heroes comic.
