Ellis' 'Gravel' Heads For Big Screen
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Posted by Fletch Adams on Oct 9, 2009
Tags: avatar, ellis, gravel, legendary
As reported earlier today at Variety and in Warren Ellis' Bad Signal emailer, Legendary Pictures has picked up the rights for a motion picture adaptaion of Gravel.
The series published by Avatar Press, revolves around a soldier whom uses his skills in dark magic to make some extra cash. Ellis himself will pen the intitial draft of the screenplay, and is attached as executive producer.
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