Duncan Jones confirms 'Mute' graphic novel

Duncan Jones has confirmed that he will turn the script for his ambitious science fiction thriller Mute into a graphic novel.

The BAFTA-winning director had hoped to make the film his follow-up to Moon, but instead went on to helm Source Code when he and producer Stuart Fenegan couldn't raise financing for Mute.

"We've had so many problems trying to get this film made, you know?" he told Gordon And The Whale. "The people who are involved with financing films have just been... shy... shy of making the script. So what we decided to do is we're going to make a graphic novel of it, prove it... prove it to an audience that this works and maybe in the future get the chance to come back and make it."

Jones hinted at the Mute graphic novel on his Twitter account recently, writing: "If anyone has a recommendation on the best publishers for graphic novels, (US only, I'm afraid), let me know. I'm a researchin' (sic)."

Mute centres on a silent bartender searching for his missing girlfriend in a futuristic Berlin.