Deadpool, Venom, Bloodshot, Cable, and Harley Quinn are among some of the comic book characters from the 1990s to have gotten the big-screen treatment over the last few years, to varying degrees of commercial and critical success. Now we can add two more movie adaptations of ’90s comics to the mix.
Ball and Chain, based on the Scott Lobdell comic, is in the works as a starring vehicle for Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. The project will reunite the stars of next year’s Disney adventure-comedy Jungle Cruise.
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According to THR, The Big Sick’s Emily V. Gordon will pen the screenplay adaptation of the Homage Comics/Wildstorm title, which the trade describes as “a superhero story meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith, where a couple struggling in their marriage are equipped with superpowers. However, their powers only work when they’re together.”
Ball and Chain was previously adapted for live-action as a TV movie in 2001. THR claims that while there’s no studio deal yet for the Johnson-Blunt adaptation at this time, it appears likely it will go to Netflix.
Meanwhile, Deadline reports that Arrowverse maestro Marc Guggenheim will script the feature film version of Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld’s Prophet, based on the Image Comics title from the ’90s.
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“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,” according to Deadline.
Liefeld will also produce Prophet for Studio 8 along with Adrian Askarieh and Brooklyn Weaver.
Source: IGN.com Ball and Chain, Prophet Latest '90s Comic Books Getting Movies