Devil’s Due’s Hack/Slash just took a big step closer to filming with Justin Marks named by Rogue Pictures to write the script. Todd Lincoln (From Dusk till Dawn) is already on board to direct the adaptation of the comic, created by Tim Seeley and Stefano Caselli. Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter (Hitman) are also attached to produce the film.
The comic debuted in 2004 in a series of one-shots, beginning with Euthanized, followed by Girls Gone Dead, drawn by Fedrica Manfredi. It has since spawned an on-going series and a series of trade paperback collections including an Omnibus bringing people quickly up to date.
The series is about Cassandra “Cassie” Hack, daughter of the Lunch Lady, a famed slasher. She grew up a wall flower with low self-esteem until her mother snapped and as the Lunch Lady, killed Cassie’s cruel classmates. Cassie turned her mother in, only to see her commit suicide, rise from the dead to kill again and daughter was forced to slay mother. This set her on a course that changed her into a fearless hunter of serial killers.
As she crisscrossed the country, she attacked Vlad, thinking him the killer but when he proved his innocence they teamed up to get the real culprit. A partnership and friendship blossomed between them despite Vlad being enigmatic, hiding his disfigured face under a gas mask.
The initial stories have already been adapted for theater as Hack/Slash: Stage Fright. Rogue’s movie option was announced in 2006 and actress Megan Fox (Transformers) says she wants to play Cassie. Lincoln, a fan of the material, cowrote a script with Martin Schenk and Rogue anticipated shooting last year. The project has languished since.
The producers are no strangers to comics properties as they are also at work on a live-action Jonny Quest for Warner Bros.; Lost Squad for Rogue; Kane and Lynch for Lionsgate; and Spy Hunter at Universal.
Marks has also become a comics and video game specialist with scripts already produced for Voltron: Defender of the Universe for New Regency and 20th Century-Fox; He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and a Green Arrow project for Warner Bros. His Street Fighter script is already shooting for Fox.
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