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Working Title to make Busiek's 'Astro City'
Published Thursday, Jul 22 2010, 10:12 BST | By Simon Reynolds
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Created in 1995 by Busiek and artists Brent Anderson and Alex Ross, Astro City tracks superheroes Samaritan, Winged Victory, the Hanged Man and Jack-in-the-Box and their interactions with the people of the eponymous city. The critically acclaimed graphic novels have picked up a total of 20 Eisner and Harvey Awards.
Busiek will write the treatment for the movie and executive produce alongside Ben Barenholtz and Jonathan Alpers.
He said: "I'm thrilled to be doing Astro City with Working Title Films. For years, we turned down all offers for the book, but Working Title's track record on great movies like Love Actually, Oh Brother, Where Are Thou? and Shaun Of The Dead, and their commitment to high-quality, character-driven storytelling, make me confident that this is the perfect place to make an Astro City film a reality."
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