‘Assassin & Son’: State Street Pictures Developing Film Based On Comic Book By Shad Gaspard, Marc Copani
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: State Street Pictures has optioned the comic book Assassin & Son, created and written by the late Shad Gaspard and Marc Copani, for development as a film.The comic illustrated by Eder Messiah centers on Donovan Braddock, a one-man killing unit who works with a team of covert assassins known as “The Horsemen.” When Braddock finds love, and makes a family of his own, he attempts to leave that life of violence behind.
But he discovers that his old life still torments him when his wife is murdered in front of him and his young son. Now, with nothing to live for, this tragic event sends father and son on an epic journey of revenge and consequence.
Scout Comics & Entertainment, which published the comic, will produce the feature adaptation alongside State Street.Gaspard and Copani are former professional WWE wrestlers who teamed up to write Assassin & Son after retiring from the sport.
Gaspard tragically passed away in May of 2020, shortly before publication of the first issue, when he and his young son were caught in a riptide in Venice Beach.
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