John Stevenson hired for 'We3'

Kung Fu Panda co-director John Stevenson will helm comic book adaptation We3.

Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's three-issue Vertigo series focuses on three animals - a dog, a cat and a rabbit - who are fitted with robotic armour and turned into weapons for the US government.

Prodcuer Don Murphy told Shock Till You Drop that the movie version will retain the comic book's violent tone. "We're doing it as an R-rating. It's not going to be cutesy. There's killer rabbits and stuff. We're in the process right now of trying to figure out where we're going to make it," he said.

Morrison has written the adaptation of We3.