Channing Tatum Has a Zombie Brother
Steve Barton
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Zombies have continue to run roughshod over our lives, and the latest trip we’ll be taking with the living dead is a live action adaptation of the digital comic Zombie Brother.
Variety is reporting that Tencent Pictures, the fast-expanding film and television arm of China’s internet and social media giant Tencent, has joined forces with Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin’s Free Association to produce the film adaptation.
Tencent and Free Association have tapped Matt Lieberman to pen the script, with Kung Fury helmer David Sandberg attached to direct.
The project is an adaptation of the top title on Tencent’s digital comics platform and has already been adapted in China as a hit animated series and stage play, with Tencent and Free Association planning to develop it for the international market.
“Zombie Brother is one of the first products of Tencent’s trans-media pipeline, utilizing animation and comics, gaming, literature and live-entertainment platforms. The material has already attracted an incredible loyal fan base in China, and we are delighted to be working alongside Free Association in bringing this beloved IP to a global audience,” said Edward Cheng, CEO, Tencent Pictures.
Tatum, Carolin, and Peter Kiernan will produce, with Michael Parets overseeing for Free Association. Cheng, Howard Chen, and Conor Zorn will produce for Tencent Pictures.
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