Fifth Season Sets ‘Button Man’; ‘The Fall Guy’s David Leitch & Kelly McCormick In Talks To Turn Famed John Wagner Graphic Novel Into TV Series
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: As they open The Fall Guy, a TV series turned feature, director David Leitch and his 87North producing partner Kelly McCormick are eyeing a beloved graphic novel for a TV series.
Fifth Season has acquired Button Man, an adaptation of the graphic novel by John Wagner, who co-created Judge Dredd and created A History of Violence, latter of which was turned into a terrific action film by David Cronenberg.
The graphic novel was illustrated by Arthur Ranson. Deals are making, but the plan is for Leitch to direct, and he and McCormick will be executive producers alongside Alex Jackson, Roger Kass and Wagner and Ranson.
While The Fall Guy plays as comedy, Button Man shapes up closer in tone to John Wick, the first installment of which Leitch co-directed with Chad Stahelski.
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