Apparently, Ryne Pearson (script writer on the film Knowing) is due to write a screenplay for an adaptation of Warren Ellis‘ limited series Black Summer.

The story follows an original superhero team known as ‘The Seven Guns’, a group of young inventors who have enhanced their bodies through scientific modification, giving them immense power. Once heroes held in high regard, by the time the story begins they have fallen considerably out of favour.

At the beginning of Black Summer, one of the Seven Guns has murdered the President of the United States, ostensibly due to their alleged involvement in war crimes, electoral fraud and violation of the Geneva convention.

Given the striking similarities between the fictitious cabinet in Black Summer and that of the former president George W. Bush, I can’t see this film coming about exactly as Ellis intended. Just look at what happened to Mark Millar‘s ultraviolent Wanted when that was brought to the silver screen.

I’d hedge my bets on the likelihood of this film being anything like the comic. As a general principle, without the visceral intent of the original source material, books like this don’t have a lot to offer as film adaptations.

Source: Comingsoon.net.