'Sorrow' optioned by Twisted Pictures

Saw studio Twisted Pictures has acquired the cinematic rights to Image Comics' Sorrow.

Originally released as a four-issue miniseries in 2007, the horror comic was the result of a collaboration between Rick Remender, Seth Peck and Francesco Francavilla. According to Shock Til You Drop, screenwriter Michael Hidalgo is on board to adapt the script and Saw duo Mark Burg and Oren Koules will act as producers.

Sorrow is a modern ghost story focusing on a young girl and her friends as they find themselves trapped in a haunted town, where the spirits of the dead seek to claim the bodies of the living.

"I've been fascinated with the idea of possession since childhood," said Remender. "There is nothing more terrifying than the idea of dark, disembodied spirits creeping in and taking us over. Co-writer Seth Peck and I wrote this with the idea that gore is the least interesting aspect of horror stories - true horror is psychological, not simply bloody."

Several of the acclaimed writer's other projects are currently being developed as feature films, including Fear Agent, XXXombie and Night Mary.

Remender has also signed on to pen the screenplay adaptation of his upcoming Radical Publishing miniseries The Last Days Of American Crime.