Last April it was announced that Universal Pictures had enlisted Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to write and direct an adaptation of The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman’s superhero comic series Invincible.
Since then, we’ve had no further updates on the project, which isn’t too surprising considering that Rogen and Goldberg are busy with their two small screen comic book adaptations, Preacher and the upcoming The Boys. However, speaking to Mashable, the duo have no shared a few words on their plans for the movie:
“We are definitely telling the classic story of Invincible, and we are doing some directorial things that will make it more dynamic than just the straight-up story,” said Goldberg. “We’ve come up with some conventions that I think will make it a more cinematic experience that fits in the timeframe more. But we’re not reinventing the wheel here, we’re not going to massively change Invincible. The core story of that comic and the core characters are what makes it great.”
“I think it is so rare that there’s twists and plot that actually work,” stated Rogen. “It really is one of the best parts of the comic, that there are reveals that actually function as giant reveals that you really don’t see coming.”
“Kirkman does this crazy amazing thing that we’re very much going to try to do in the movie, which is he lulls into a sense of security and convinces you you’re in the first 20 minutes of Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” added Goldberg. “They keep referencing Steven Spielberg movies, where it’s like warm and fuzzy and family and relatable, and then he just does the darkest part of a Quentin Tarantino movie, but completely grounded in reality which makes it even more fucking insane. And you don’t see it coming.”
Launching in 2003, Invincible tells the story of Marc Grayson, a high school student whose father happens to be the world’s mightiest superhero, Omni-Man. After inheriting his father’s powers and learning of their alien ancestry, Marc has to deal with what it means being the son of a superhero and the responsibility of protecting Earth at such a young age.
