By Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film EXCLUSIVE: Marc Guggenheim has been set by Studio 8 to adapt Prophet, the Image Comics character hatched by Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld.
The aim is to build a franchise around John Prophet, a DNA enhanced super-soldier placed into a cryogenic freeze for a future mission only to awaken prematurely in the present, searching for a mission that does not exist.
The ruthless berserker must find his humanity. Pic is produced by Adrian Askarieh (Hitman: Agent 47), Brooklyn Weaver (Run All Night), and Rob Liefeld.
John Hyde and Terissa Kelton will also be involved in producing capacities. Prophet originated in Leifeld’s Youngblood, and grew into a series of his own in 1993.
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