Breaking: ‘Wide Awake’ Goes From Web To Film

Do-Over Productions has just announced that they have optioned the film rights to Wide Awake, the extraordinary webcomic written by Eric Trautmann and Brandon Jerwa, with art by Mirco Pierfederici and art direction by David Messina. As described in the press release from Do-Over, Wide Awake is the story of Amanda Carter, a young woman whose dreams of terrifying monsters are much more than just figments of her unconscious mind. If she doesn’t defeat them before she wakes up, the horrors from her dreams get loose in the physical world and she must deal with them there.

Trautmann and Jerwa co-created the series which premiered a sample chapter on Free Comic Book Day and was originally scheduled to commence weekly chapters later this summer. This new deal may possibly alter that schedule some. Jarrod Feliciano and Mirjana Novkovic will produce and write the film adaptation. They are repped by attorney Bianca Bezdek-Goodloe. Do-Over Productions is currently in production of the crime drama Fallen Moon, directed by Peter Medak and produced by Feliciano, Novkovic, Valerie McCaffrey, and co-produced by Roger Pugliese. Eric Trautmann can be found at his web site: www.eric-trautmann.com. Brandon Jerwa can be found online at www.brandonjerwa.com.

We at Pop Culture Zoo find this to be fantastic news and we look forward to seeing the eventual film. In regards to today’s announcement we contacted Brandon Jerwa and received the following statement:

“Obviously, we’re really thrilled about this whole development. Jarrod and Mirjana clearly ‘get it’ when it comes to Wide Awake, and we feel like our baby is in very good hands. This process has been one (very good) contributing factor to the adjustment in our production schedule for the webcomic, so we hope that fans new and old will stick with us and be patient while we get the series up and running. There are great things ahead!

Also, Eric and I will be signing copies of Popgun Vol. 2 at the Image Comics booth at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, July 24th from 10:30-11:30 A.M. Wide Awake was first introduced in that book, so this is really a full-circle event for us. Hope to see you all there!”

Pop Culture Zoo will continue to follow all Wide Awake developments, both the production of the film as well as the webcomic. In the meantime, check out our interview with both writers from this year’s Emerald City Comicon where they discuss Wide Awake and their other projects.

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