US TV
FX is developing a pilot adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis's superhero comic Powers, reports MTV.
Speaking at the New York Comic Con, Bendis revealed that he recently turned in a script and is awaiting feedback from the network.
He said: "Next week I'll get the notes, and as long as they don't involve sock puppets and some sort of orgy scene that I'm not interested in, then hopefully it will go in the right direction."
The writer described FX as a "very smart network" and declared that it is the "right place" to set up a live-action version of his continuing comic book saga.
Powers centres on homicide detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim who are assigned to cases involving superheroes.
Bendis added that he was relieved his comic was being adapted for TV after years of failed attempts to turn it into a movie.
"We had to sit through waves of screenplays that were just inappropriate for the product, and for fans of the book," Bendis explained. "There were whole drafts of the screenplay without Deena in them. They'd hand me the screenplay and go, 'What's wrong with this?' and I'd go 'He has no-one to talk to!'"
Speaking at the New York Comic Con, Bendis revealed that he recently turned in a script and is awaiting feedback from the network.
He said: "Next week I'll get the notes, and as long as they don't involve sock puppets and some sort of orgy scene that I'm not interested in, then hopefully it will go in the right direction."
The writer described FX as a "very smart network" and declared that it is the "right place" to set up a live-action version of his continuing comic book saga.
Powers centres on homicide detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim who are assigned to cases involving superheroes.
Bendis added that he was relieved his comic was being adapted for TV after years of failed attempts to turn it into a movie.
"We had to sit through waves of screenplays that were just inappropriate for the product, and for fans of the book," Bendis explained. "There were whole drafts of the screenplay without Deena in them. They'd hand me the screenplay and go, 'What's wrong with this?' and I'd go 'He has no-one to talk to!'"
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