EARP

From Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl comes a modern-day reimagining of the classic western hero, Wyatt Earp, in a special $1.00 issue #0 preview of the upcoming, 3-issue miniseries.

In a world where the American economy has all but collapsed to the levels of the Great Depression, infamous bandits roam the country and the law is as corrupt as the criminals its sworn to stop. Yet one lawman remains a steadfast moral compass for the people: WYATT EARP. Earp has collared more most-wanted men than anyone in history – but after a violent assignment claims the life of his brother, Wyatt sets out to forge a simple life in the only boomtown left: Las Vegas. With gorgeous women and free-flowing money on endless tap, Sin City attracts more people than a modern gold rush. Though Earp no longer wears a U.S. Marshall’s badge, his past is about to catch up to him. \With nearly everything to lose, Earp will have to beat the odds stacked against him in order to bring old-fashioned justice to Sin City.

Tuesday July 20th, 2010

The Hollywood Reporter: Sam Raimi lassoes Wyatt Earp for film set in future

July 19th, 2010

by Borys Kit

Western hero Wyatt Earp is getting the sci-fi treatment via SAM RAIMI.

Raimi is attached to direct “Earp: Saints for Sinners,” an adaptation of a Radical graphic novel that Mandeville Films partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing for DreamWorks.

Matt Cirulnick will write the script for the project, on which Radical president Barry Levine and Josh Donen, Raimi’s partner at Star Road Entertainment, also are producers.

The film and graphic novel re-imagines Earp — best known for the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, where he fought alongside his two brothers and compadre Doc Holliday — set in a future in which he takes on outlaws in a ravaged society where the only boomtown left is Las Vegas.

The comic was created by Cirulnick and Mandeville exec David Manpearl. M. Zachary Sherman wrote it with Cirulnick, with illustrations by Mack Chater and Martin Montiel. Radical plans on unveiling the project Thursday during its Comic-Con panel.

Manpearl, Cirulnick and Radical’s Jesse Berger are executive producing.

Raimi, repped by CAA, next directs “Oz, the Great and Powerful,” a prequel of sorts of “The Wizard of Oz,” for Disney.

Mandeville last year produced “The Proposal” and is in preproduction on Disney’s new Muppets movie starring Jason Segel.

Radical has been on a roll leading up to Comic-Con, making a deal with Sam Worthington’s new production company to publish “Damaged” with an eye to bringing it to the big screen. The company additionally is developing “The Patriots,” also with Worthington.

http://heatvision.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/07/sam-raimi-lassoes-wyatt-earp-for-film-set-in-future-exclusive.html

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