Jessica Chastain Regenerates Painkiller Jane for the Big Screen
Steve Barton
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More comics are moving to film as Deadline is reporting that Jessica Chastain is set to star in and produce Painkiller Jane, from the same-titled graphic novel series written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada.
Chastain, no stranger to playing tough female roles, will play Jane Vasko, a New York City street cop who gets recruited by the FBI to infiltrate a major NYC drug and human trafficking ring. In a near death experience, Jane develops exceptional regenerative abilities that give her a unique indestructible advantage. With nothing to live for and no way to die, Painkiller Jane becomes an unstoppable force of nature, seeking revenge to those who destroyed her life as she leaves a path of death and destruction in her wake.
Lotus Entertainment’s Lenny Beckerman will produce along with Solipsist Films’ Stephen L’Heureux (Sin City: A Dame To Kill For) and Chastain through her Freckle Films banner. Bill Johnson, Jim Seibel, Ara Keshishian, and Palmiotti will exec produce.
The graphic novel series was published by Paperfilms.
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